One of the crime-scene technicians came into the room.
“Run these pictures through,” Healy said.
Rosario looked at the picture on the computer screen, and then at Jesse.
“Captain’s afraid of computers,”
Rosario said.
“I can’t even download porn,”
Healy said. “Run
them.”
“Yessir, Captain,” Rosario said and
clicked the
mouse.
A picture of Abby Taylor came up. Rosario clicked again. A picture of Garfield Kennedy. Click. Barbara Carey. Click. Kenneth Eisley. Click. Back to Jesse.
“They’re all blowups of candid
shots,” Rosario said. “One of
those digital cameras. You plug it into the computer and process it however you want.”
“And my picture was on the screen just like that when you came
in?”
“Yep.”
“Anything else interesting?”
“On the computer?” Rosario said.
“Nothing I can find. But maybe
the guys in the lab …”
“Make sure you don’t lose
anything,” Healy said, “when you shut it down.”
Jesse went back to the living room with Healy.
“Anything else interesting?” Jesse said.
“Place is immaculate. No sign of flight. Clothes, toothbrushes,
hair spray, all in place. Checkbooks show money in the bank. Couple credit cards in the drawer. Food in the refrigerator. Expiration dates suggest it was bought recently. Concierge doesn’t remember
them leaving yesterday. But you can take the elevator from their place direct to the lower level, and go out the side door to the parking lot.”
“Why are the pictures on the computer screen?” Jesse
said.
“I know,” Healy said. “It
bothers me too.”
“It incriminates them,” Jesse said.
“Decisively,” Healy said.
“So why display them?”
“They didn’t expect us to be
here?” Healy said.
“Or they did.”
Healy walked to the window and looked out. There was nothing to
see but himself and the room reflected in the night-darkened glass.
“They wanted us to know?” Healy said.
“Maybe.”
Jesse walked over and stood beside Healy, staring at the darkness.
“So how did they know we’d be
here?” he said.
“They had no reason to think they wouldn’t kill me,” Jesse
said.
“And if they had killed you,” Healy said,
“they had no reason to
