Darcy said, One of the shop owners where her body was found called, saying he had a security video of the murder. We thought we had the killing on disk.

Waitaminute you have something on tape?

DVD. It was digital.

Maddux waved his hand like he was chasing away a fly.

It was nothing. The guy rigged up a do-it-yourself surveillance kit because kids were tagging the building, only the cheap fuck set it up wrong. All he got were shadows.

Could you see any part of the incident?

Not even. SID dicked around with it for a couple of weeks, but said the digital information just didn't exist, so Darcy here gave it to his brother-in-law.

My brother-in-law works for a CGI house in Hollywood. You know what that is?

Sure.

Computer-generated images were a mainstay of Hollywood special effects.

He offered to take a look, but it was a long shot. By that time, we had other lines

Maddux interrupted.

The manager at her apartment house looked pretty good, a dude named Agazzi. I'm all over this guy. I still think he's good for it, and he could have gone into her apartment any time he wanted. If Bastilla and Munson were out here looking for fibers, they might have been looking for him.

Darcy shook his head.

Maddux and I don't agree. He likes Agazzi, but one of Repko's neighbors at the apartment, a woman named Sheila Evers, told us Repko was seeing a married man.

Maddux shook his head.

If there's a boyfriend. Personally, I think the broad made up that stuff. We couldn't find anyone who confirmed a boyfriend.

I showed them the names Mrs. Repko had given me.

You check with her friends?

Darcy glanced at the names, then passed it to Maddux.

Yeah. They didn't know anything. Said Debra never mentioned a boyfriend or lover or seeing a married guy, but here's this good-looking young woman, it's easy to think we're talking about someone she met at work.

It was reasonable, especially considering the amount of time Mrs. Repko complained her daughter had worked. If Debra was always working, then her only opportunity to meet men was through work.

I said, Mr. Repko told me Bastilla and Munson were asking about Leverage. They made out they were just making conversation, but they were asking about the people Debra worked with.

Darcy and Maddux traded another glance.

Darcy said, When we talked to Leverage about Debra's evening, they were cooperative. Then the boyfriend angle presented itself. When we told them we wanted to interview the male clients she worked with, they hit the brakes.

They wouldn't tell you who she worked with?

They didn't have a problem letting us talk to the male employees at Leverage, but they dug in hard when it came to naming their clients. We pushed, and we were told to lay off.

Their clients are politicians, Cole. We got a call saying the brass would review the matter and get back to us.