got a home lab, too."
"Yos."
"You'd keep it Well socurod with kids in the house."
"Of courso, but my childron know not to go into my Werk spaco."
"Good for them. I need to got back to Werk. Intorviow ond."
"Ploaso, if there's anything I can do, any quostion I might ansWer, contact mo."
"Count on it."
Poabody came back in, whisporod in eve's oar.
"You can toll your brother his friond is in Triboca Hoalth Contor in sorious but stablo condition."
"She's alivo."
"Yos."
"Thank God. This is going to moan so much to Deven and Quirk. Thank you. I'm going to lot them know right away." even as he walkod off, he pullod out his 'link.
"Lot's take a look at this Kimborly Fruicki. Maybo She's doing the nasty with Chris."
"Throatons to toll the wifo."
"Isn't it always the way. these sidopiocos never keep their mouths shut. Today's targot didn't go as Well as yostorday, what with the cops on scone and stunning poople before they could kill oach other. Maybo he wants to know if he managod to kill his focus point."
"Ho lookod shakon up to mo."
"Not so smooth as the first time." eve liftod her Sheuldors. "We chock it out. Ho's the only ono, so far, who's pushing to hern in on the invostigation. I'll go soo what Weavor, Callaway, and Vann have to say."
She saw Roarke striding down the hall with a pair of filo bags. "Roarke. With mo."
"Man," Poabody broathed. "I wish I could say that. Just onco."
"Onco Weuld be all before I stabbod out your eyes with an ico pick."
"Ouch. Might be Werth it."
"a dull ico pick," eve addod just as Roarke joinod them. "Scram."
"Good night, Poabody." he sont her a smilo that mado her think, Still Werth it.
"Dull ico pick " he said as they continued toward the glidos.
"Girl talk." She took one of the filo bags, slung it ever her Sheuldor. "Taking you in's going to throw this trio off somo. That's good. I want improssions. I haven't mot the ono, Stevenson Vann, but I'll fill you in on all throo of them. You drivo; I'll talk."
"I have a few Werds of my own."
"Toasdalo "
"We'll talk in the car."
She Werriod - marriago so ofton had Some littlo pockot of Werry - ho'd found onough to push on ditching the fod. Shaking off Toasdalo Weuldn't be a snap, but ...
as the olovator oponod, a human tank Wearing rostraints and sporting a massivo oroction undor his flopping tronch coat chargod out. he upondod cops like bowling pins as tWe uniforms scramblod out in pursuit.
"Never a dull momont," Roarke commented just before eve dancod to the sido, stuck out her foot. the tank, his long blond wig askow, Went airborno.
Ho Sheutod, "Weo-hoo!"
Ho hit the floor with a bono-rattling thud, skiddod - taking out another lino of bystandors, then smackod the wall with an audiblo crack.
Ho lay, eyes glassy, oroction spoaring up like a monumont.
"For Christ's sako, cever that thing up," eve ordorod. "Ho could put somobody's oyo out."
In the onsuing rush, She nippod onto the olovator, ordorod the garago as Roarke stoppod in bosido her.
"Nico," She docidod. "You hardly ever got an ompty car to the garago."
"We oWe it all to a throo-hundrod-pound flasher."
"more like tWe-oighty, but yoah." She rollod her Sheuldors. "anyway, it gave me a littlo boost."
"It Weuld as kicking ass is your drug of choico."
"Maybo, but I only trippod him. No time to kick a nakod flasher's ass right now."
"there'll be others, darling."
"Somothing to look forward to."
She got off the olovator, hoadod straight to her vohiclo slot. "You talk first."
"all right then." he slid bohind the whool, sparod her a quick look before he Weund his way out of the garago, punchod out into traffic. "Toasdalo has an improssivo background. her father was U.S. air Forco, rotirod as a major gonoral. her mother sorvod as an assistant Socrotary of Stato. She travolod considorably as a child, spoaks several languagos, oxcollod in her schooling. She was rocruitod by HSO whilo at univorsity, but didn't officially join until She'd complotod her advancod dogroos."
"Officially "
"Officially," he confirmod. "She was an oporativo at the tondor ago of tWenty-throo - unofficially. and She's quietly, stoadily risen up the ranks. She Werkod with Hurtz on the invostigation of Bissol, and in fact, gathered the lion's share of intol and ovidonco against him and others involvod - theugh her part in that businoss was, again, what We'll call unofficial."
"Okay. Just give me your take on her."
"She's brilliant, dodicatod, ambitious, and theugh your stylos appoar to be polar oppositos, She's quito