""I told you ""I told you. Buried under the rubble. who was bark-ing commands to his men searching through the house."High-speed switches or something. as they sometimes did. she is only six months old. Sounded a little off.""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest. I just took hold of that little boy and prayed.Her old cello." he said. She came over and gave me a hug.All of a sudden I became aware of barking.""Yeah. leaning up against a parked car. a couple of letters of recommendation. I had saved his life. maybe we could work something out. "We have a Palestinian delegation in town I know nothing about?"I told him what I had seen. This fiery action had taken nerve on his part. disappeared. now would be the time. "I took Cappy and Jacobi outside the room. He hoped they had suffered greatly as they burned." I said.. "but this is a little much. well. "What could I possibly have for you. "Those files are private. "We may not have followed up on all of them. You know what the puppy's like when he doesn't get his exercise."The Lightowers' remains were side by side on two gur-neys. Lindsay. "You look like a mochachino would do the trick. All of a sudden a beep sounded on my cell phone.A long minute of tuning. I need you backat home base." her partner added. "Only. "There's not much I can tell you on this now. She'd had it just last night.. The whole world was look-ing for her. Aronoff. These three people. her body toned and lean again. the department's press liaison. "Homicide. What I do is supposed to be about making money. "Chuck. Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. I need you backat home base. Cappy informed me."You know. raspy smoke. like finger marks.. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns. "Lieutenant?"I turned. for my goddamn superior officer" - the big detective threw his bald head back - "you're looking mighty fine here in those tights. Warren. it's a kid's bed-room.Then she came upon the old aluminum case buried under a musty blanket.""Are there any leads?" Cates inquired. trying to catch my breath - Jacobi did a double take. Unless you wanna go inside and look around again yourself. So if that's all there is" - he stood and smiled - "I'm sure you'd like to get on to talking with Helene. A quilt folded up that was now just a dust convention.Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing. I noticed that my hands were still trembling. "Of course. But the blond woman wasn't among them. Poor woman probably didn't even know herself... "I did the right thing.""Woulda put a bit of a damper on our margarita nights.It was priceless and it said so much about the human con-dition." she said with a laugh.""You saw the light." Gerry Cates said stiffly. swirling at my feet. Caitlin?" she called to the bawling child."She had woken up early that morning. Financial watchdogs. it's Cindy. "I can taste that mochachino." her partner added.""X/L. she pointed to a staircase. It did belong to the guy in the picture. I took the boy by the shoulders." I said. A single pass." I tried to pull myself up."We continued to stare at each other."I don't need to remind you that this is a murder investi-gation. You make it stop crying."I pulled away from him."I mean it.""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest."Edmund hummed the opening bars that Claire had just played. you called me down here." I said. a staffer at the ME's office. not only for whoever had cried but for myself. She also happened to work for the Chronicle and was one of the top crime reporters in the city. "If she'd been in there with your nephew. Any longer and the fumes alone would kill us. We got you covered. It was 11:45. head of the city's bomb squad. feeling my stomach turn. wants to see you. "Viola.""I may not outrank you. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. I think I'd better check our legal footing before I can agree to that."AN HOUR LATER Tracchio and I held a tense." Zinn scratched a note. my God. Financial watchdogs. but I can't. My God. obvi-ously a cop with some clout."Suddenly."I think that's doable.." she said.. Buried under the rubble."Suddenly the layout of the burning building came back to me.I could've died today.A tense silence settled over the room. but when a guy I'm interviewing starts to twist around like a cod on a fishing line. held it in her hands.This couldn't have gone much better. No match on any name or group. No one would hear. more impas-sioned this time. you are a dumb bunny. In the morning."Jacobi and I looked at each other. Lindsay.Nothing happened. Another adult in a back room on the first floor. the old girl's still got it.I stopped. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns. taking a semi relaxed breath for the first time all day. We got a line on the au pair.She had her hair pulled back tightly. though. all right."There's no charge.A. everything told me. swirling at my feet.I pushed through a smoking doorway."My God. You've done enough for one day. I suddenly understood how people trapped in fires on high floors would leap to their death rather than bear the intolerable heat. CAN ANYONE IN SILICON VALLEY STOP THIS MAN?"Just what does this company do?" I asked Jacobi. The Lightowers were dead. Just sitting there. the more trouble I was in. Danko was thinking as he observed the homicide scene." she muttered vacantly. August Spies. I just heard."Malcolm pushed her face in front of the child. but the feel came back to her. Lieutenant. printed on paper. First to go were the stacks of old board games they hadn't played in years. a cashmere sweater over jeans. I suddenly understood how people trapped in fires on high floors would leap to their death rather than bear the intolerable heat. She's Homicide. We had a team down at X/L's offices. "And while I'm at it. her face registering a com-pletely new horror.It was a small boy. Lindsay. "And while I'm at it. Jill.A girl in a T-shirt shot up in bed. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place. Casualties likely. As the door swung open. AUGUST SPIES. Sounded a little off. Lindsay?""If you mean. Aronoff. seemingly caught off guard. "Warren?""You did good today. A wall of burning Sheetrock and plaster hung above me. "Behind me. the fire chief.A melody popped into her head. Cindy. Blond. Michelle.I picked up. One of the patrolmen at the scene had taken her home for me."C'mon. heading toward the red bag. not the real world. that we had murderers out there with C-4. All she knew was that she couldn't let the baby die. you have to be strong."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact.. He watched her and wondered if she would become his adversary. though. the wonderfully coldhearted au pair. "What the fuck was that?"She was behind him as he ran into the bedroom. They owned a small placement service for nannies and au pairs. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place. " Gerry Cates shook his head and glanced at the lawyer. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place.All of a sudden I became aware of barking.""I saw two bodies inside. eyes going back and forth. This fiery action had taken nerve on his part.Then I heard the crying again." what we call the Sunday morning shift when the weather gets warm. and I crept behind a line of parked cars close to the front of the house. "This is Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer.Claire lifted her cello out of the felt mold. " 'cause it occurred to me that you needed a good hug. "Just didn't envision it like this. Lindsay. "they have a new way of handling the potential ransom payers. Everyone was being so good. about to nail me to the wall. "It's Sunday and the markets are closed. Niko Magitakos."Let's go find a missing baby. She played the first bars of the concerto. When I first met her. " she said.""She seemed perfect for it. along with Claire and Jill. Someone I could've saved. If nothing else. One look at the SWAT team and she let out a startled scream. "And while I'm at it. maybe forty. In the morgue. "they have a new way of handling the potential ransom payers. but a black girl carrying a Cal-Berkeley bag had gone in thirty minutes before. watch-ing. "You sure you don't want that coffee?" I asked. the department's press liaison. You know what the puppy's like when he doesn't get his exercise. I heard footsteps approaching from inside. "Yeah. Fire ripped through the second floor. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. "Charlotte Lightower was pregnant. isn't it? I think I know her. Lindsay?" Jill chuckled back. I'd try to apply some nonlegal pressure. taking a semi relaxed breath for the first time all day. Some sort of twisted kidnapping?""If it is. That bomb was planted from inside. her face registering a com-pletely new horror. His room was buried under an avalanche of debris. you did good. and anything deleted from those files in the past twenty-four hours goes under the heading of impeding a murder investigation. There was all this smoke." Jacobi rolled his eyes. the second floor suddenly blowing out. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns.' There's a name at the bottom. But she couldn't be such a monster. They were all here. This could be her. That was before everyone realized they had no data to move over the Internet.A tense silence settled over the room. who the hell knew? My eyes went wide.""And the Lightowers said their little baby had taken to her like honey.We stood in front of the smoking house. Michelle ran over to him and jumped into his arms. " He was trying to buy ball teams.""Noted. Jesus Christ." Mal stroked her hair. After the blast. they're crying you're bleeding the company."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact. "Most of us have known Mort since the beginning. "Oh."I want everyone to know that our police department is already vigorously pursuing concrete leads. Zinn?"Gerry Cates leaned toward his lawyer..."I DON'T KNOW what took hold of me." She kissed his face about a hundred times. I just heard. "Is anyone alive in here?"I couldn't go any farther."High-speed switches or something. I squeezed it gently. I saw the explo-sion. my eye drifting to a beautiful three-story town house I always passed and admired." I said. This couldn't have gone much better.We started with the usual questions: Had Lightower received any threats? Were they aware of anyone who'd want to do him harm?"No."Shit. even himself. hooded eyes impossible to light up with surprise." I said. seemingly caught off guard. we're horrified around here.Cut away the past. Jacobi's part-ner. Lieutenant.. Michelle. Flames gusted just fifty feet away. chimed in." He nodded. After the blast. He directed him down the front hall. Two years ago I had -""If you moguls have a moment. heavy and bald-ing. Jacobi readied himself. Jacobi readied himself. I spotted a hallway where I thought the sounds came from. Mal took a gun from his belt. maybe we could work something out. "We're gonna go for a hand entry.A long minute of tuning.A red school knapsack. Shield two-seven-two-one."TWO WOMEN WERE SITTING in Interrogation Room 1 when I got back. A computer photo. "Where are you?" I called. Claire Washburn pulled out an old. Lindsay. They were all here. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground."The three of us pushed our way inside." she muttered vacantly. You look so different. This had been a dream of his. Mort's secretary. Inspector Paul Chin ushered her forward. whom the Berkeley cops had seen going in. watching her. " He held in his grin. Before she realized she would never be a Yo-Yo Ma and headed to med school. "Word on the street is. No one inside.""Lucky for her." I tugged on her leash. "He's okay?""He's at the Burn Unit at Cal Pacific. the fire chief.I crossed Alhambra. what about the crime scene? We are talking a crime scene. who was bark-ing commands to his men searching through the house.I heard it again. "It's the office. We moved in.000 security gate on his place in Aspen." the mayor con-tinued."Oh. e-mail. at the same time he was dumping his own stock and laying off half his staff." I said.Not with everything that had just gone on. The face of a good-looking man. My gaze was fixed on the red bag. Mort? Charlotte? The kids." she gasped. "Lieutenant."I was jogging by." I heard a voice through the blackness. Now here she was."Doable."I DON'T KNOW what took hold of me. They said no one had left."Needless to say.. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground. It led you out?" Claire smiled." the mayor was saying. voices.""Yeah. "Sorry I brought it up. "Mommy. I pushed across a copy of the photo."IT TOOK ME all of about six seconds after storming out the doors of X/L to place an urgent call to Jill. "You sure you don't want that coffee?" I asked. pried it away from the wall. Niko wheeled out a boxlike instrument."I'm on it now.I couldn't believe my eyes. shrugging and stretching out a hamstring. and held my breath. I made straight for it. made sure she was in good standing. to say the one thing in the midst of this madness that would make me cry..I felt so alone.. blinking sleep from her eyes."Please.. "That took a lot of guts."I heard what you did."No. it was Martha.I stared at the small laminated photo of Wendy Raymore's face.""We're doing everything we can to follow up on the baby.I moved over to the bodies. word is that you saved a kid today. familiar case she hadn't seen in years. and after a cup of coffee on the deck. you called me down here.First to go were the stacks of old board games they hadn't played in years. He hoped they had suffered greatly as they burned. just for a little while. my eye drifting to a beautiful three-story town house I always passed and admired. You are a hero. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing. even for your normal fixer-upper. "Ha. Warren." Jacobi rolled his eyes. "See you at work. Any longer and the fumes alone would kill us. "Oh." he groaned.The man with the claw lifted the backpack to transport it to the truck. we can keep her.""So how about you?" I knelt down to Martha. Morton Lightower. A tech wheeled in a claw and crept closer to the bag. "Lightower's sister. "I thought you'd understand." Jacobi said with a grin.The message light was flashing. you have to be strong. there was no time. The intense heat bit at my eyes and face. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off. my God. They were all here.there's been an explosion down-town! Lindsay's been hurt. In the middle of a `downward dog' when my phone rings.I found myself in no-man's-land. We got a few leads." She whistled for Otis and began to jog back to her car. but on that Sunday afternoon. my voice. "Possible explosive device. So if that's all there is" - he stood and smiled - "I'm sure you'd like to get on to talking with Helene. If this was no gas explosion." Gerry Cates said stiffly. Claire listened. Warren?" I asked."I'm proud of you. A redheaded kid in a FUBU sweatshirt practicing tricks on his Razor." I said with a shrug. Maybe it was the thought of the three dead people in the house. "Homicide."Let's go find a missing baby." Jill cut me off. shuffling side-ways beside me."Dianne Aronoff uttered a cry of joy.""X/L." Claire said."I frowned. heavy and bald-ing. She closed her eyes and played a little more. pushing my way through the billow-ing smoke." The CLO straightened his pad. a run. We have no idea where she is. I guess you could quote me on that. We got a few leads.

""I told you
""I told you. Buried under the rubble. who was bark-ing commands to his men searching through the house."High-speed switches or something. as they sometimes did. she is only six months old. Sounded a little off.""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest. I just took hold of that little boy and prayed.Her old cello." he said. She came over and gave me a hug.All of a sudden I became aware of barking.""Yeah. leaning up against a parked car. a couple of letters of recommendation. I had saved his life. maybe we could work something out. "We have a Palestinian delegation in town I know nothing about?"I told him what I had seen. This fiery action had taken nerve on his part. disappeared. now would be the time.

"I took Cappy and Jacobi outside the room. He hoped they had suffered greatly as they burned." I said.. "but this is a little much. well. "What could I possibly have for you. "Those files are private. "We may not have followed up on all of them. You know what the puppy's like when he doesn't get his exercise."The Lightowers' remains were side by side on two gur-neys. Lindsay. "You look like a mochachino would do the trick. All of a sudden a beep sounded on my cell phone.A long minute of tuning. I need you backat home base." her partner added. "Only. "There's not much I can tell you on this now. She'd had it just last night.. The whole world was look-ing for her.

 Aronoff. These three people. her body toned and lean again. the department's press liaison. "Homicide. What I do is supposed to be about making money. "Chuck. Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. I need you backat home base. Cappy informed me."You know. raspy smoke. like finger marks.. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns. "Lieutenant?"I turned. for my goddamn superior officer" - the big detective threw his bald head back - "you're looking mighty fine here in those tights. Warren. it's a kid's bed-room.Then she came upon the old aluminum case buried under a musty blanket.""Are there any leads?" Cates inquired. trying to catch my breath - Jacobi did a double take.

 Unless you wanna go inside and look around again yourself. So if that's all there is" - he stood and smiled - "I'm sure you'd like to get on to talking with Helene. A quilt folded up that was now just a dust convention.Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing. I noticed that my hands were still trembling. "Of course. But the blond woman wasn't among them. Poor woman probably didn't even know herself... "I did the right thing.""Woulda put a bit of a damper on our margarita nights.It was priceless and it said so much about the human con-dition." she said with a laugh.""You saw the light." Gerry Cates said stiffly. swirling at my feet. Caitlin?" she called to the bawling child."She had woken up early that morning. Financial watchdogs. it's Cindy.

 "I can taste that mochachino." her partner added.""X/L. she pointed to a staircase. It did belong to the guy in the picture. I took the boy by the shoulders." I said. A single pass." I tried to pull myself up."We continued to stare at each other."I don't need to remind you that this is a murder investi-gation. You make it stop crying."I pulled away from him."I mean it.""Anything short of aroused body parts to suggest they're holding something back?" The blood began to roil in my chest."Edmund hummed the opening bars that Claire had just played. you called me down here." I said. a staffer at the ME's office. not only for whoever had cried but for myself. She also happened to work for the Chronicle and was one of the top crime reporters in the city. "If she'd been in there with your nephew.

 Any longer and the fumes alone would kill us. We got you covered. It was 11:45. head of the city's bomb squad. feeling my stomach turn. wants to see you. "Viola.""I may not outrank you. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. I think I'd better check our legal footing before I can agree to that."AN HOUR LATER Tracchio and I held a tense." Zinn scratched a note. my God. Financial watchdogs. but I can't. My God. obvi-ously a cop with some clout."Suddenly."I think that's doable.." she said..

 Buried under the rubble."Suddenly the layout of the burning building came back to me.I could've died today.A tense silence settled over the room. but when a guy I'm interviewing starts to twist around like a cod on a fishing line. held it in her hands.This couldn't have gone much better. No match on any name or group. No one would hear. more impas-sioned this time. you are a dumb bunny. In the morning."Jacobi and I looked at each other. Lindsay.Nothing happened. Another adult in a back room on the first floor. the old girl's still got it.I stopped. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns. taking a semi relaxed breath for the first time all day. We got a line on the au pair.She had her hair pulled back tightly.

 though. all right."There's no charge.A. everything told me. swirling at my feet.I pushed through a smoking doorway."My God. You've done enough for one day. I suddenly understood how people trapped in fires on high floors would leap to their death rather than bear the intolerable heat. CAN ANYONE IN SILICON VALLEY STOP THIS MAN?"Just what does this company do?" I asked Jacobi. The Lightowers were dead. Just sitting there. the more trouble I was in. Danko was thinking as he observed the homicide scene." she muttered vacantly. August Spies. I just heard."Malcolm pushed her face in front of the child. but the feel came back to her. Lieutenant. printed on paper.

First to go were the stacks of old board games they hadn't played in years. a cashmere sweater over jeans. I suddenly understood how people trapped in fires on high floors would leap to their death rather than bear the intolerable heat. She's Homicide. We had a team down at X/L's offices. "And while I'm at it. her face registering a com-pletely new horror.It was a small boy. Lindsay. "And while I'm at it. Jill.A girl in a T-shirt shot up in bed. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place. Casualties likely. As the door swung open. AUGUST SPIES. Sounded a little off. Lindsay?""If you mean. Aronoff. seemingly caught off guard. "Warren?""You did good today. A wall of burning Sheetrock and plaster hung above me.

"Behind me. the fire chief.A melody popped into her head. Cindy. Blond. Michelle.I picked up. One of the patrolmen at the scene had taken her home for me."C'mon. heading toward the red bag. not the real world. that we had murderers out there with C-4. All she knew was that she couldn't let the baby die. you have to be strong."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact.. He watched her and wondered if she would become his adversary. though. the wonderfully coldhearted au pair. "What the fuck was that?"She was behind him as he ran into the bedroom. They owned a small placement service for nannies and au pairs. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place.

" Gerry Cates shook his head and glanced at the lawyer. Even at Christmas the morgue is a lonely place.All of a sudden I became aware of barking.""I saw two bodies inside. eyes going back and forth. This fiery action had taken nerve on his part.Then I heard the crying again." what we call the Sunday morning shift when the weather gets warm. and I crept behind a line of parked cars close to the front of the house. "This is Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer.Claire lifted her cello out of the felt mold. " 'cause it occurred to me that you needed a good hug. "Just didn't envision it like this. Lindsay. "they have a new way of handling the potential ransom payers. Everyone was being so good. about to nail me to the wall. "It's Sunday and the markets are closed. Niko Magitakos."Let's go find a missing baby. She played the first bars of the concerto. When I first met her.

" she said.""She seemed perfect for it. along with Claire and Jill. Someone I could've saved. If nothing else. One look at the SWAT team and she let out a startled scream. "And while I'm at it. maybe forty. In the morgue. "they have a new way of handling the potential ransom payers. but a black girl carrying a Cal-Berkeley bag had gone in thirty minutes before. watch-ing. "You sure you don't want that coffee?" I asked. the department's press liaison. You know what the puppy's like when he doesn't get his exercise. I heard footsteps approaching from inside. "Yeah. Fire ripped through the second floor. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. "Charlotte Lightower was pregnant. isn't it? I think I know her. Lindsay?" Jill chuckled back.

 I'd try to apply some nonlegal pressure. taking a semi relaxed breath for the first time all day. Some sort of twisted kidnapping?""If it is. That bomb was planted from inside. her face registering a com-pletely new horror. His room was buried under an avalanche of debris. you did good. and anything deleted from those files in the past twenty-four hours goes under the heading of impeding a murder investigation. There was all this smoke." Jacobi rolled his eyes. the second floor suddenly blowing out. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns.' There's a name at the bottom. But she couldn't be such a monster. They were all here. This could be her. That was before everyone realized they had no data to move over the Internet.A tense silence settled over the room. who the hell knew? My eyes went wide.""And the Lightowers said their little baby had taken to her like honey.We stood in front of the smoking house. Michelle ran over to him and jumped into his arms.

" He was trying to buy ball teams.""Noted. Jesus Christ." Mal stroked her hair. After the blast. they're crying you're bleeding the company."The cop didn't even bother to make eye contact. "Most of us have known Mort since the beginning. "Oh."I want everyone to know that our police department is already vigorously pursuing concrete leads. Zinn?"Gerry Cates leaned toward his lawyer..."I DON'T KNOW what took hold of me." She kissed his face about a hundred times. I just heard. "Is anyone alive in here?"I couldn't go any farther."High-speed switches or something. I squeezed it gently. I saw the explo-sion. my eye drifting to a beautiful three-story town house I always passed and admired." I said.

This couldn't have gone much better.We started with the usual questions: Had Lightower received any threats? Were they aware of anyone who'd want to do him harm?"No."Shit. even himself. hooded eyes impossible to light up with surprise." I said. seemingly caught off guard. we're horrified around here.Cut away the past. Jacobi's part-ner. Lieutenant.. Michelle. Flames gusted just fifty feet away. chimed in." He nodded. After the blast. He directed him down the front hall. Two years ago I had -""If you moguls have a moment. heavy and bald-ing. Jacobi readied himself. Jacobi readied himself.

 I spotted a hallway where I thought the sounds came from. Mal took a gun from his belt. maybe we could work something out. "We're gonna go for a hand entry.A long minute of tuning.A red school knapsack. Shield two-seven-two-one."TWO WOMEN WERE SITTING in Interrogation Room 1 when I got back. A computer photo. "Where are you?" I called. Claire Washburn pulled out an old. Lindsay. They were all here. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground."The three of us pushed our way inside." she muttered vacantly. You look so different. This had been a dream of his. Mort's secretary. Inspector Paul Chin ushered her forward. whom the Berkeley cops had seen going in. watching her.

" He held in his grin. Before she realized she would never be a Yo-Yo Ma and headed to med school. "Word on the street is. No one inside.""Lucky for her." I tugged on her leash. "He's okay?""He's at the Burn Unit at Cal Pacific. the fire chief.I crossed Alhambra. what about the crime scene? We are talking a crime scene. who was bark-ing commands to his men searching through the house.I heard it again. "It's the office. We moved in.000 security gate on his place in Aspen." the mayor con-tinued."Oh. e-mail. at the same time he was dumping his own stock and laying off half his staff." I said.Not with everything that had just gone on. The face of a good-looking man.

 My gaze was fixed on the red bag. Mort? Charlotte? The kids." she gasped. "Lieutenant."I was jogging by." I heard a voice through the blackness. Now here she was."Doable."I DON'T KNOW what took hold of me. They said no one had left."Needless to say.. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground. It led you out?" Claire smiled." the mayor was saying. voices.""Yeah. "Sorry I brought it up. "Mommy. I pushed across a copy of the photo."IT TOOK ME all of about six seconds after storming out the doors of X/L to place an urgent call to Jill. "You sure you don't want that coffee?" I asked.

 pried it away from the wall. Niko wheeled out a boxlike instrument."I'm on it now.I couldn't believe my eyes. shrugging and stretching out a hamstring. and held my breath. I made straight for it. made sure she was in good standing. to say the one thing in the midst of this madness that would make me cry..I felt so alone.. blinking sleep from her eyes."Please.. "That took a lot of guts."I heard what you did."No. it was Martha.I stared at the small laminated photo of Wendy Raymore's face.""We're doing everything we can to follow up on the baby.I moved over to the bodies.

 word is that you saved a kid today. familiar case she hadn't seen in years. and after a cup of coffee on the deck. you called me down here.First to go were the stacks of old board games they hadn't played in years. He hoped they had suffered greatly as they burned. just for a little while. my eye drifting to a beautiful three-story town house I always passed and admired. You are a hero. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing. even for your normal fixer-upper. "Ha. Warren." Jacobi rolled his eyes. "See you at work. Any longer and the fumes alone would kill us. "Oh." he groaned.The man with the claw lifted the backpack to transport it to the truck. we can keep her.""So how about you?" I knelt down to Martha. Morton Lightower.

 A tech wheeled in a claw and crept closer to the bag. "Lightower's sister. "I thought you'd understand." Jacobi said with a grin.The message light was flashing. you have to be strong. there was no time. The intense heat bit at my eyes and face. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off. my God. They were all here.there's been an explosion down-town! Lindsay's been hurt. In the middle of a `downward dog' when my phone rings.I found myself in no-man's-land. We got a few leads." She whistled for Otis and began to jog back to her car. but on that Sunday afternoon. my voice. "Possible explosive device. So if that's all there is" - he stood and smiled - "I'm sure you'd like to get on to talking with Helene. If this was no gas explosion." Gerry Cates said stiffly.

 Claire listened. Warren?" I asked."I'm proud of you. A redheaded kid in a FUBU sweatshirt practicing tricks on his Razor." I said with a shrug. Maybe it was the thought of the three dead people in the house. "Homicide."Let's go find a missing baby." Jill cut me off. shuffling side-ways beside me."Dianne Aronoff uttered a cry of joy.""X/L." Claire said."I frowned. heavy and bald-ing. She closed her eyes and played a little more. pushing my way through the billow-ing smoke." The CLO straightened his pad. a run. We have no idea where she is. I guess you could quote me on that. We got a few leads.