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Decker shook his head. “And this Bill Peyton will be within his rights to say that the only person who can properly grant that request is lying in a hospital bed unconscious. And if we tip him off, and he is in on whatever’s going on, that would not be good. The guy struck me as really cagey.”
“So what do we do, then?” asked Mars.
Decker looked at Lancaster. “Did you run Peyton’s print?”
“We did. And got nothing back. He’s not in the system.”
“Just because he has no criminal history doesn’t mean much. Can we do a deeper dive on him? Try to find out his background? What he was up to prior to coming here?”
“We can. I just don’t know how far we’ll get. If he’s not in the system, it might be hard to build a profile on the guy. I presume that there are a lot of Bill Peytons in this country.”
“Yeah, I did a preliminary search online and found squat. But we have to find a way to search for that secret room,” said Decker.
“I agree. I just don’t know how we can.”
“If Katz wakes up, we can get her consent.”
“Right, but that might benever,” retorted Lancaster.
“Then we have to try something else,” said Decker.
“I get that, but what?”
“Up to this point, we’ve been entirely reactive. They’ve been leading us around by the nose. And I’m getting sick of it.”
“Okay, so?”
“So, let’s jerk their chain for once.”
