“Sorry I’m late,” Lindsey said. “We were out grabbing some dinner when I got your message.”

“I don’t have to stay if it’s not appropriate,” Terry said.

“Come in,” Sam said. “It’s fine.”

When Nick saw his deputy chief of staff, he got up slowly from the sofa to shake Terry’s hand. Nick gestured toward the kitchen. “I was just about to get a soda. Can I get you one?”

“I won’t say no to that,” Terry said as he followed Nick from the room. He seemed as anxious as Nick to relocate away from the room full of cops.

“Cruz,” Gonzo said. “What’ve you got?”

Freddie referred to his notes. “A list of all our victims, to begin with. Hugo Springer, age eighteen, lived in the house. Michael Chastain, age seventeen, and Todd Brantley, age eighteen, both Wilson High School seniors. Kevin Corrigan, age eighteen, graduated from Wilson this year. The girls were Lacey Morrison, age sixteen, Kelsey Lewis, age fifteen, Julia Pelse, age seventeen, Maura McHugh, age seventeen, and Shana Gilford, age sixteen. Lacy, Kelsey and Julia are students at Roosevelt. Maura and Shana went to Sidwell Friends with Hugo Springer. All the parents have been notified, but we’ve kept the crime scene details from the parents and out of the reports and the press thus far.”

“So the parents don’t know there were drugs and booze and sex involved,” Sam said.

“Right,” Freddie replied. “All three of the schools have brought in therapists to help the other students as needed.”

“We’ll have to meet with the parents at some point to tell them how it went down,” Gonzo said.

“Agreed,” Sam said. “Perhaps we can bring them in together when we know more.” She told the others what Scotty had witnessed the night before when Brooke was brought to their house. “If possible, I’d like to keep him out of the official investigation because he didn’t see anything that identified the people who made the drop or the car. However, he was able to put the drop at some time around eleven-forty. He said two people got out of the backseat with Brooke while another waited in the car. The two carried Brooke up the ramp, left her there and ran back to the car, which took off the second they were both inside. So we can assume that in addition to the nine who were killed, at least four other people were at the Springer house, including Brooke and Hoda. I’d like to know if there were more.”

“The neighbors told us there were a lot of cars there throughout the night,” Jeannie said. “Lots of coming and going.”

“Dr. McNamara,” Gonzo said. “What’ve you got on the autopsies?”