She has, lets see — he dug out the receipt — two hundred and twelve thousand dollars, some of it in euros, on deposit with your firm. Shed like to cash a check in that amount and have it sent to her now. He grabbed the phone on his left and barked an orderto someone in the office. Get two men down to the Alder residence on the island. I want them to help Jake. Get them started fast … No, I dont care what two men you take. This takes precedence over everything… only get good men. This is hot! No. I thought about where Vullo might find himself another Max Quane and then I had an idea. But before I could tell him about it his secretary came in with the check. She handed it to Vullo who scrawled his name on it and then moved it across his huge desk to Murfin who signed with something of a flourish and handed it to me. I looked at it, saw that it was for five thousand dollars, and put it in my pocket. Good idea about Dino, Stone said. Shoot. Oh, Vanessas here, too. Can you trust her? Why didnt you tell me that, Christian? Ilive here. I could have come and visited him. Yes, sir? And you got in the taxicab that was being driven by this gentleman, this Jerome C. Keddie who has just stood up? The sheet was lifted, and Devine found himself looking down at a very drowned and very dead Christian Chilton. Yes, and the Citation Service Center. They own Hawker these days. Pete Cadiz thought for a moment, then spat the quid of tobacco over the side, ran his tongue around his teeth to clear his mouth, spat once more, turned and faced his visitors. Yes. Who is this? Wait a minute, he wanted you out by the pool in time formy train to come by? That all happenedbefore she was killed, in case you forgot. And by the way, I found out that Saras pregnancy was from artificial insemination. Thanks for tellingme that. You knew I wasnt the father all along. I just want you to know that were feeling threatened. Dino Bacchetti and Ed Rawls are here, and theyre both armed. And what would that be, Ted? Devine knew the man didnt really need to know this for his investigation. It was very American to be nosy about the wealth of the very rich. Whole industries were built around disseminating that information to the fascinated masses. It was a phone call. It was from a black woman — or a woman who was trying to sound black. Dev, would you please tell Ted for me hes an idiot?.