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"He's scheduled to "
"Unless it's the Smythers case, this is priority. You can check with the
captain if you want.
"That won't be necessary, ser. We're not that tight now. Will he need a
partner?"
"Yes. I'd prefer Alfonso, if you can spare him.
Sorgio smiled. "They're together anyway.
Moorty saw me as he walked in. He grinned. "More of the same, Lieutenant?"
Alfonso frowned.
"Could be, I answered. "There was a fire of suspicious origin this morning.
Except it wasn't caught as
suspicious until a few minutes ago. Smythers. It's on the system.
Moorty's face blanked as he linked. Then he refocused on me. "Yes, ser. Same
drill?"
Alfonso came off the link a few seconds after Moorty, but he didn't say
anything.
Waited until they both were looking at me. "I want every aspect of that system
checked, even the
subnodes.
I'd bet that most of the main controls are so much slag or melted rubbish.
Lieutenant Kirchner is also
sending a team.
Sorgio's eyes flashed between Moorty and me.
"You want everything!" Moorty asked.
"Everything that will show whether there was something strange about the
systems. Need to know if they
were straight or if they were gimmicked. Anything that would show who built
the systems, if they were
changed, and who changed them. If you can.
Moorty looked at Alfonso. "Seems clear enough. Better get a new kit. He
looked at me.
"Trendside will pay, I conceded.
Both techs and Sorgio smiled.
After Alfonso and Moorty left, I went back upstairs. The captain had left
while I was sending out
Moorty, and she wasn't expected back that afternoon.
Left a link message. Captain, Lieutenant Chiang here. We may have more
developments on the
McCall case. Won't know until tomorrow morning, when the lab and tech analyses
are done. I'll
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let you know.
Then I went down to my office. Sat and looked at the Park for a few minutes.
Then linked Sarao. Can
you see if CDC has anything on that rez stuff we sent them ?
I already checked. They've got something.
They do?
Sarao's laugh came across both the net and through the door. They aren't
saying anything. They're
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looking into it. I asked them when they started, and they said they've been
working on it for a
while. They'll let us know.
Thanks.
I could figure out most of the murders. Couldn't prove it. Couldn't figure out
why, either. Key was what
McCall had known. Kemal was into securities manipulation, but CerraCraft was
too small, and he
owned it already. He didn't need to manipulate all the stuff KC controlled,
like CerraCraft or Brazelton.
It looked legit, as legitimate as anything Kemal was into. Why the securities
manipulation, whatever it
was? Kemal had more than enough credits to ease into most businesses. So it
had to be bigger. A lot
bigger. The question was still why. And what. Somehow the Cewrigh angle fit,
too. Just didn't know
how.
Spent the next hours reviewing everything. Didn't learn anything new.
It was sixteen-ten when Sarao linked in. Lieutenant, Moorty says you hit it.
They're on their way
back. Estimate they'll be below in ten minutes.
I'm heading down.
Kirchner came down the ramp right behind me. We both stopped in the garage
foyer.
Looked at him.
"You were right. How did you know?"
"It had to be. McCall was always talking to Smythers, but I didn't find that
out until this afternoon.
Moorty and Alfonso were the first in. Moorty grinned at me, then shook his
head. I understood. I'd been
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right. Smythers wasn't an unfortunate death. Another murder.
The two homicide types followed them. For a moment, everyone just stood
there.
So I spoke. "Let's go to the level-one conference room.
We all walked up. Techs carried their kits.
Room wasn't that big, not with the two techs and the two from homicide and
Kirchner and me. Six of us
at a round table for four. Kits against the wall. Had to pull in two chairs
from against the wall. Techs
smelled of fire. All of them had charcoal and smudges on their singlesuits.
"Why don't you start?" I looked at the pair from homicide Petty and Weems.
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