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  1. Cover
  2. FAYE KELLERMAN
  3. Dedication
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  42. Acknowledgments
  43. About the Author
  44. Also by Faye Kellerman
  45. About the Publisher

“So Baldwin paid someone off,” Oliver said. “The man was minting money, doing course preparation. I can see that college is big business. And that’s what it always boils down to anyway. Business.”

“It would have to be more than just a payoff,” Webster said. “It’s not like the tests are posted on the Internet. The center’s computers have their own nerve center not connected to any service provider. And I’m sure very few people have access to the pass code.”

“C’mon, Tommy!” Oliver barked. “Computers aren’t fail-safe. Look at this ‘I love you’ virus back in 2000. Apparently, it was pretty damn amateurish and it shut down…what was it? Three major net providers?”

“He’s got a point,” Marge said.

Martinez said, “FYI, wasn’t Ricky Moke under FBI investigation for hacking?”

“Interesting,” Decker said. “But what does Moke have to do with the Baldwins?”

“A connection through Hank Tarpin?” Martinez suggested.

Decker sat back in his chair and looked at the ceiling. “We’ve gone from the Baldwins as hapless victims to the Baldwins as white-collar, high-tech criminals with Moke as a fugitive neo-Nazi cohort. I think we need to back it up.”

“I think we need to get a warrant to search the Baldwins’ office,” Oliver said. “So what’s up with that?”

Decker said, “I’m hoping to get it first thing in the morning. It took a while to find someone who was even willing to listen. Rifling through the files of current, ongoing patients violates confidentiality agreements. You can shout Tarasoff as precedence, but since there’s no immediate danger, I had to fudge a bit. I found a judge willing to go out on a limb, but he wants to sleep on it.”

“What should we do now?” Marge asked. “The banks are closed, so we can’t examine finances.”

Oliver said, “We don’t have a warrant, so we can’t investigate the Baldwins’ files.”

Webster said, “By the time I got over to the PEI, Holt was gone.”

“How about Liu and the autopsy?” Decker asked.

Martinez said, “I just checked. He hasn’t even begun. Logjam. He hopes to know something by tomorrow.”

Decker said, “So how about…we finish up the paperwork and call it a night.”

Everyone seconded the motion. Oliver even thirded it.

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