Chapter 10 I stepped up over the threshold and called out again. Dino took a step back and kicked in the door. It flew back, banged into the wall. Dino stepped in with his gun in his hand.Freeze! he yelled. Outside anywhere in midtown is still a target-rich environment, unless you know of an empty restaurant. Mary struck me as a rather take-charge type of guy. Competent. Aggressive even. Perfectly, I said and rose. Well, gentlemen, thank you for your time and I certainly wish you luck, which somehow I feel youre going to need a lot of. Get there and see what you can find out. Stamos, he knew from the Book, had been a clear second in her class. But that was not the case now, because Sara Ewes was no longer in the race. Stamos had just taken over the lead by default. I dont think Ive ever dined under these circumstances, Vanessa said. You think so? I cant spend the rest of my life getting shot at. Well, you might say I have a professional interest in what happened to Arch Mix. Good heavens, no! The clone actually blushed. But he managed to say,We serve the Lord in other ways. A yacht anchored broadside became interposed between the speedboat and the canoe, momentarily blotting out the beam of the searchlight. I seem to be doing that without even trying, Stone said. His desk phone buzzed; he picked it up and Joan said, Dino on one. Devine stripped off his running clothes and changed into jeans, heavy boots, and a long-sleeved T-shirt, then grabbed his motorcycle helmet and went downstairs and out the back. In the one-car garage was Tapshaws hunter-green Mini Cooper. She was the only one with a car, for her one-mile jaunt to work. Speers took the train into the city like Devine did, and Valentine performed his heavenly hacking remotely from his room. Or the couch. Father Niles was in the doorway now.Somebody fired a gun in church! This is terrible. Mason said,I dont want you to he about anything, but I dont want you to tell anyone Alder was here tonight. And definitely, positively, absolutely, and finally, I dont want you, even by admission, intimidation or otherwise to let anyone know that Alder had asked you to come down there tonight..