Ebony 1
Waves made by the speedboat hit the canoe sideways, threatened for a moment to capsize it, then subsided. Mason crossed the wake of the speedboat, which by this time was slewing in a scrambled turn, having quite apparently put on too much speed considering the proximity of anchored yachts. I dont suppose they left a forwarding address? They found a rifle in my trunk. They seem to be sure it was the rifle somebody fired at the congresswoman. Not quite, Vullo said. Great! He stood in front of a podium covered with media microphones. The setting was the large marble central floor of the county courthouse. Then the press conference started. Doxey ran back down the stairs. A few moments later Mason heard the car start, then take off down the hill. Mason walked back to stand in the doorway. Well, now lets see, Keddie said. One of those women was a little chunky and the other one... I cant remember her very well, Judge. You pick up lots of people and— Who had the other key? Mason asked. You know how long its been since I called? Youre really trying to nail my ass, arent you? Newspapers? Drake asked. This set him back on his heels, although Devine knew what she said was true.Ill let you know. Thanks for the offer. Hey, you remember me being here Thursday night, right? Where? Im so happy to hear that, Lance. Im glad to provide you with amusement. Corsing looked up at the ceiling.Lets suppose the FBI went clumping around out in St. Louis and the union found out that they were there at the suggestion of Senator Corsing. Well, Senator Corsing is up for election in two years and Senator Corsing would very much like to get re-elected. If his theory is full of shit, Senator Corsing would much prefer that nobody found out that it was his theory — especially the splendid public servants of the great city of St. Louis and their sizeable bloc of votes. Thank you...