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“If we’re going to order Mike Freeman’s people to conduct another search, we’ll need to give him a reason.”
“I don’t have a reason. I just have a feeling that he’s there.”
“A ‘feeling’?”
“That’s it. Just a feeling. I want the house searched again, and this time, by different people.”
“Listen, you’re the boss here. If you want the house searched again, then it will be done. I’ll speak to Mike. And if you think of anything else, please let me know.”
“If my feeling changes, I will.”
Joan left, and Stone called Mike Freeman.
“Yes, Stone?”
“Your client, Joan Robertson, wants the house searched again. As she puts it, she has a ‘feeling’ that Eddie Jr. is still somewhere in the house, though she has nothing concrete to support her feeling.”
Mike was quiet for a moment. “You’re serious, aren’t you?”
“I am. And she wants a whole new team to conduct the search.”
“What is your view of her mental state?”
“She’s a very smart lady, and she’s got the bit between her teeth about this. Let me suggest that if you find evidence of Eddie’s presence in the house, you refund her money for the first search.”
“That’s fair,” Mike said. “I’ll have a new team put together,and they’ll be at work by, say, one o’clock, and they won’t leave until they’ve pronounced the house Eddie Jr. free.”
“Go to it.” Stone hung up and called Dino.
“Bacchetti.”
“It’s Stone. What do you think of Joan’s mental state?”
Dino was quiet for a moment. “Why do you ask?”
“You know her well, and I just want your opinion.”
“What has caused you to question her sanity?”
“I don’t question her sanity. I just want to know if you do.”
“Well, now that you mention it, I think we have to consider what she’s been through the past few days: two people have been shot dead in her residences. And she shot one of them herself. I think that experience would rattle anybody, even a usually sane person.”
“So you think she’s usually sane?”
“Certainly.”
“Could being ‘rattled,’ as you put it, cause her to believe things that are not true?”
“Listen, there are a lot of usually sane people who believe that what’s-his-name won the last election. Anything is possible. Now, what has caused you to question Joan’s sanity?”
“I don’t question her sanity. I just want to know whetheryouquestion her sanity.”
“I would never have questioned that, if you hadn’t brought it up.”
“So it’s my fault?”
“What’s your fault?”
