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Chapter 7

           Youevermeetthelieutenantthatranthecase?"

           "KristinOrtega.Ofcourse.I’mnotlikelytoforgether.Wewereyellingateachotheracrossadeskforthebestpartofaweek."

           "Impressions?"

           "OfOrtega?"Prescottlookedsurprised."Goodcop,asfarasIknow.Gotareputationforbeingverytough.TheOrganicDamageDivisionarethepolicedepartment’shardmen,soearningareputationlikethatwouldn’thavebeeneasy.Sheranthecaseefficientlyenough"

           "NotforBancroft’sliking."

           Pause.Prescottlookedatmewarily."Isaidefficiently.Ididn’tsaypersistently.Ortegadidherjob,but"

           "Butshedoesn’tlikeMeths,right?"

           Anotherpause."Youhavequiteanearforthestreet,Mr.Kovacs."

           "Youpickuptheterminology,"Isaidmodestly."DoyouthinkOrtegawouldhavekeptthecaseopenifBancrofthadn’tbeenaMeth?"

           Prescottthoughtaboutitforawhile."It’sacommonenoughprejudice,"shesaidslowly,"ButIdon’tgettheimpressionOrtegashutusdownbecauseofit.Ithinkshejustsawalimitedreturnonherinvestment.Thepolicedepartmenthasapromotionsystembasedatleastpartlyonthenumberofcasessolved.Noonesawaquicksolutiontothisone,andMr.Bancroftwasalive,so…"

           "Betterthingstodo,huh?"

           "Yes.Somethinglikethat.

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