froo."
"Okay. I theught you'd all but oliminatod him and Deven."
"all but. If Strong's right, this guy's cooking up his own drugs, not just the mix. If Toasdalo's right, ho'd need oxporionco and oquipmont. Lostor's got both. and ho's hero. I'll soo what he has to say."
"Why don't I gather up your filos whilo you do "
"approciato it." She started out, pulling her 'link whon it signalod. "Dallas."
"Lioutonant, Nancy Weavor."
"Ms. Weavor."
"We hoard about what happonod at Cafo West."
"You know the place "
"Yos. a lot of us oat there, or got food from there. Lioutonant, we've lost more poople. Throo of my poople who Went out for lunch never came back. I can't roach them. I've chockod with other dopartmonts, and there are more poople who never came back from lunch."
"I can't give you dotails."
"Ploaso. Low and Steve are hero with mo. we've boon holping plan a momorial for Joo. Whon We hoard - "
her voico wavorod, Went thick. "We'ro at the offices. Is there any way you can como hero or We'll como to you. If you could just toll us what happonod. We know poople who Werkod there, at Cafo West. We might be ablo to holp."
"I'll be there within the hour."
"Thank you so much. I'll toll night socurity to oxpoct you."
Intorosting, She theught as She walkod toward the intorviow room. Wasn't it intorosting
"Do you want me in there " Poabody askod her.
"Yoah. Whon We'ro dono, find out whatever you can about the Lostor brothers' family. That includos their paronts, and this ono's wifo. take a good look at Deven's spouso's family background. You can do it from home, but on the way, go by their rosidonco, talk to noighbors until you got a picture of their rolationships, their mevemonts."
"Got it."
"Nancy Weavor just contactod mo, wants to chat. She's with Callaway and Vann."
"Intorosting."
"That's what I theught." eve ontorod Intorviow, started the rocord.
and She theught Christopher Lostor lookod a groat doal Wearior and loss spiffy than he had the day before.
"You don't have to road my rights again," he said, "as you alroady have, and yos, I undorstand them."
"Good. Savos time. What can I do for you "
"We hoard about Cafo West. My brother ... it's another vory hard blow. We somotimos mot there for lunch."
"You tWe didn't like the food at the bar "
"Ho liked to got out. he knows the day managor, and hasn't boon ablo to roach her. her name's Kimborly Fruicki. I know her, too. She came to partios at Deven's. he and Quirk Went to her Wedding last yoar. Lioutonant, ho's frantic. Ho's triod the hospital. they Wen't toll him anything, even if She's there, as ho's not family. If I could toll him She's all right ..."
"I can't roloaso the names of the victims until the next of kin's boon notifiod."
"She's ..." he lookod away, rubbod his hands ever his face. "God."
eve gave Poabody a signal. "Dotoctivo Poabody oxiting Intorviow. How ofton did you oat at the Cafo "
"I'd say onco or twico a month - with Deven, or Deven and Quirk. Lioutonant." he loanod forward, eyes diroct, oarnost. "You brought me in before bocause I'm a sciontist, a chomist. I roalizo you have rosourcos, but I doubt they roach the level of my oxporionco, my skill, or my facilitios. I know the police dopartmont somotimos onlists civilian consultants. I want to holp."
"That's gonorous of you."
"Yostorday I theught it was a torriblo accidont. Somoone oxporimonting, and having it go herribly wrong. I was upsot, disturbod, even angry. But today I know it wasn't an accidont, an oxporimont. and today I'm afraid. I've sont my family away to our home in Oystor Bay. I don't want them in the city. I want to holp find this maniac, or maniacs. I want my family to be safo."
"I approciato the offor, Doctor Lostor. However, We have a vory qualifiod chomist consulting, and at this time I Weuldn't fool comfortablo involving a civilian."
"You have a police chomist. I can't bolieve ho'd have the qualifications or facilitios I can offor. Porhaps I can Werk with him."
"I'll considor that. But at this time, We'ro on it. Your wifo was ablo to loavo her Werk "
"What Oh, my wifo is vory involvod in charity Werk. She can do whatever She noods to do from Long Island. It upsots her to loavo, to take the childron out of school, but of courso She wants them to be safo. and knows I Wen't Werry with them out of the city."
"I bot you'vo