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“What sort of abilities?”
“Can he climb the sides of buildings?”
“He’s not Spider-Man.”
“Is he a dead shot?”
“Well, he’s shot two women dead. Does that count?”
“Then I guess either he hits what he aims at, or he just gets close enough.”
“I think that’s a good guess. Oh, he may have bought a Mercedes station wagon, metallic beige. It was in the garage for at least a few hours, so he probably has a remote for the garage doors.”
“We’ll replace it and give Joan and her staff new devices.”
“Oh,” Stone remembered. “The interior and exterior locks have all been replaced with Israeli hardware.”
“Then we’ll need those keys from Joan. We don’t have time to pick those things.”
“So I hear.”
“What else do you hear?”
“Eddie Sr. may have left some loose hardware, in the form of handguns, lying around. The police are searching the house now. They’ll probably find them.”
“Let’s not count on that,” Mike said. “We’ll do our own search.”
“And Joan is packing her trusty, rusty .45. She used it to take out a home invader in East Hampton and the police returned it to her.”
“I’ve read the file on that. It’s my guess that Joan is going to be her own greatest threat to both herself and us.”
“You can’t go wrong assuming that,” Stone agreed. “She has a history of not being afraid to shoot people who invade her space—or mine.”
“That’s both attractive and scary,” Mike said.
“Well put. Why don’t you have your chat with her here instead of at her house. She’ll be less likely to blow you away.”
“I’ll be right over,” Mike said. “Tell her it will be me ringing the bell and not to shoot.”
FORTY-SEVEN
Mike Freeman sat in Stone’s office with Joan sitting next to him.
“That’s it,” Mike said. “And don’t worry, I’m giving you the family rate.”
“I’m not sure I can afford the family rate,” she said.
“Okay, I can just treat you like everybody else and double it.”
“I’ll take the family rate. When will I be safe?”
“When you get home from work, you’ll walk into a safe home.”
“I’ll be home at six.”
“We can do that.”
She handed him a clump of keys. “Those are the Israeli ones. They’re impossible to duplicate, so don’t lose any.”
