I drank with Katherine, then with one of the unescorted women, then decided that if I could sneak out of here sober enough I could go back to my hotel room and call my daughter. And then I could get up with no hangover in the morning and spend three or four hours in Karens hospital room since she was conscious now. Shitty police work? I said. A ripe field. Very ripe. Id advise you to read the law on blackmail, Mason said. However, I havent time to argue with you now. Im hoping I can get to shore without being detected. Good night, Dorothy. The Russians, maybe. They would love to torpedo me. He headed to Brooklyn, crossing over the East River via the Brooklyn Bridge. The dark water looked sulky and uninterested in its surroundings, at least to him. A few minutes later he reached a street in Park Slope a block over from Prospect Park. It was a quiet and tree-lined neighborhood of upscale homes, many of which had been renovated. Audrey? Why, he wouldnt do a thing like that and... and then, besides, at the time Lutts and I were up at that old house Enny and Roxy were just getting ready to leave for an appointment with Roxys lawyer. Its Barrington. Larkin is standing in the mews behind my house, about twenty yards from the Grenadier. At twenty minutes after seven a sparse number of yellowish street lights revealed the disrepair of the homes and even of the corner gas station and drugstore. The houses and the businesses were tightly packed and busted up both by time and the kind of battering rendered by the teenagers whod lived here. The music, the clothes and the slang might have changed over the years but the contempt of the young men and women for the debris and rubble of the place had not. They knew it was a shithole; why not make it even more so? He slid it into gear and in two seconds made it to the gates, which barely had time to open on the motion sensor before the muscle car blew past. He turned right and headed south. Devine knew Cowl had a penthouse on the top of the building where Devine labored every day. He might be going there tonight, swapping a palace in the burbs for sleeping closer to the sky. Four oh seven, Beth replied, but shell be in the ICU right now. If youre looking to get laid, Stone, shes helpless. Judge Sedgwick, recognizing Masons tactics, smiled back at him and said, So it has. It is now time for the Court to adjourn. Im sure, said Devine in a small voice. What sort of business are you involved in? Devine put down the phone.Okay, Helen Speers is not who she claims to be. So who is she and why is she here? At Le Gavroche, Stone replied. The restaurant was one of only a few in Britain that was rated three stars in theMichelin Guide..