looks like it has to do with cell mutation and organ regeneration.” “Okay.” “And

the woman’s name is Helen Myers. She owns a bar called the Grunt in Hampton.”

“Send me the stuff and I’ll see what I can find.” Robert gave him a secure site

to send the photos to. “Okay. But this Paul guy said he didn’t remember seeing

Mom?” “That’s right.” “Do you believe him?” asked Robert. “Yeah. He basically

confessed to killing five women. What was one more?” “I suppose.” “You said

there was unauthorized satellite use. Can you trace it?

 

Can you tell if they were able to remotely take control of my car? I know that’s

possible.” “If someone was good enough to hijack one of our birds, they’re

sophisticated enough to cover their tracks. We might be able to reverse engineer

a trail from your car’s computer.” “Doubtful. It’s under thirty feet of water.

I’m going to have a lot of explaining to do to the rental car company.” “You

really think it was Jericho?” “Five minutes after leaving her and talking in our

car about not abandoning the case, someone drives my car into the channel? Let’s

not make this too complicated.” “One thing is really puzzling me,” said Robert.

“Just one? You’re way ahead of me, then.” “Paul said he killed Chris Ballard. Or

who he thought was Chris Ballard.” “That’s what he said.” “And he couldn’t have

been mistaken?” asked Robert. “He said he threw the old guy headfirst out a

four-story window.” “Then it was a double.” “Right, maybe for security reasons.”

Robert said, “Ballard could afford enough security to keep wouldbe murderers out

of his fortress on the beach. If he felt so insecure in his protection that he

thought he needed a double handy to take on a potential attacker, then he should

have just spent the money on a new protection team.” “So what can you do with

that?” “I can dig, that’s what,” replied his brother. “You mentioned the