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Green turned to him. “I’ll be at the station house tomorrow morning. It’s on Baron Boulevard. If you want to stop by.”
“Baron again,” noted Decker.
“You stay here long enough you’ll be thoroughly sick of the name Baron,” said Green.
“Are there any Barons left here?” asked Jamison.
“One,” said Green. He trudged across the wet lawn toward Lassiter.
Jamison whirled on Decker. “I can’t believe you’re in the middle of another murder investigation. Back in D.C. you were an eyewitness to one. On Pennsylvania Avenue no less. Now here in the commonwealth ofPennsylvaniayou find two bodies.”
“And sinceI’m here the least I can do is try to find who killed them.”
“Don’t you ever get tired of it?” asked Jamison wearily.
“It’s what I do. If I didn’t have this, I’d have nothing.”
“Oh, if only more people could realize happiness through homicide,” snapped Jamison.
“Alex, you’re sounding punchy.”
“Iampunchy! But it doesn’t look like they’re goingto let you work on the case. You heard Lassiter.”
“And I also heard her partner. He wants help, even if she doesn’t.”
“But they may not let us work on the case,” pointed out Jamison.
“If they’ve had multiple murders here they could use some help.”
“You better not call Bogart and ask him to intervene on this.”
Decker looked at her appraisingly.“But ifyoucalled him?”
“Oh, no, you’re not putting me in the middle of this.”
“Alex, there have been sixrecentunsolved murders in Baronville.”
She flushed. “I know that!”
“And your sister and her family are living here. In fact, they were right next door to these latest murders.”
Jamison’s jaw dropped. “Decker, I can’t believe you’re playingthe guilt card on me.”
“People are dead, Alex.”
“And the police can find out who did it.”
“I’m not sure about that.”
“Why?”
“Because Detectives Green and Lassiter apparently didn’t catch a really big inconsistency in the crime scene. I gave them the chance to comment on it, but they didn’t bite.”
“What inconsistency?”
“Justtrust me on that. I’m not sure they’ll be up to the task, is all.”
Jamison started to say something, but stopped and looked in the direction of the house where the two dead men had been found. Then she glanced at her sister’s house.
