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CHAPTER 50

I WAS BEHIND the wheel of a squad car, but I wasn’t going anywhere. My assigned job was to watch, answer questions, and radio Brady if a top-dog decision had to be made or if a person or group tried to breach number 1848.

My eyes were locked on that gingerbread house when I was startled by knocking on the car’s roof. I whipped my head around and saw Cappy. I’d never been happier to see him in my life.

I opened the car door as he said, “Boxer, consider yourself relieved of house-sitting duty.”

Cappy offered me a hand, and I exited the car. He handed me a paper cup of sweet black coffee, and I slurped it down while telling him between gulps, “Cappy. I don’t think I’ve seen a more horrific crime scene. Ever. Totally sadistic. Total overkill.”

“You know the names of the vics?”

“It’s Judge Orlofsky,” I said. “The bastard who killed him also killed the judge’s wife.”

“Anything else?”

I told him, “Well, all I’ve heard is that maximum security is mandatory for the reboot of the Dario trial.”

I wish I knew more. When would this new trial happen? Maximum security where? Cappy told me he’d call me if there was any news.

News couldn’t come soon enough.