She nodded and motioned out to the world, which in this case included views of the Wrigley Building and the Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River. “We live in a rational world. It has physics. And science. And now a big fat miracle that no one can explain and no one really likes talking about.”

“These are the days of miracle and wonder.”

Langdon peered at me suspiciously. “You just quoted a song at me.”

I smiled. “I did, yeah.”

“It doesn’t bother you.”

“To live in an age of miracles.”

“Yeah.”

I made a half-hearted shrug. “It’s just one miracle.”

“It’s a pretty big damn miracle, Valdez, come on! Coming back from the dead is pretty impressive. Before ten years ago, only one guy I knew of did it.”

“Two. You have to count Lazarus.”

“You know what I’m saying.”

“I get it,” I assured her. “And I don’t know. It was amazing the first few times it happened. It’s still weird. But now it’s also my job. It’s hard to get all mystical about your job.”

Langdon took another bite and nodded her agreement. “Okay, so, remediation.”

“Right. If he was doing that then it could have been a long-term gig.”

“And one that didn’t work in the end because she died.”

“Yeah.”

“Is there any way we can tell?”

“No, it’s a private gig so Jimmy doesn’t have to report like he does with an Agency job.”

“Okay, so, what? Do we think this Wooldridge guy has something to do with Jimmy Albert’s disappearance?”

“Not really.”

Langdon made a motion as if appealing to the heavens. “Then why on earth are you telling me this?”

“Because Wooldridge’s security, both for AltiStar and his private home, is run by Tunney Security Solutions.”

“Oh. Oh.”

“Right. Oh.”

Langdon finished her dog, and chewed the final bite slowly. “The Tunney family is supposed to be entirely legit by now.”

“Do you believe that?”

“Of course I don’t, but the part of them that’s not legit is pretty quiet about it these days.”

“It’s quiet but it’s there.”

“You ever do a gig for them?”

“No, but I know Mason did. He still may, but probably not if they were only one skip away from the name he gave me. And I know Jimmy did, back in the day, through Mason.”

“So you think Jimmy took a gig with them and something went wrong?”

“I don’t know. But if he was working for them and something went to hell then they wouldn’t want him around to be a witness.”

“Okay, so, walk me through this. Jimmy does a gig for Wooldridge, reconnects with the Tunneys through their legit arm, does work for them under the table…”

“…then somehow something goes wrong and they pack him away for whatever amount of time they need him packed away for.”