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The crews from both airplanes joined them for dinner, so they had a full table. Dino missed the first course but got there in time for the roast beef. Or someone working for him. Rich guys dont usually do the deed, do they? They hire others to do it. Like that Hancock guy. Speaking of, why would he focus on me out of all people? Della Street nodded. Nothing, now. Yes, I said, I can. Koontz shrugged.Well, you know what the membership is like. You tell em that they can have Friday or maybe Monday off as well as Saturday and Sunday plus a twenty percent pay hike and, hell, they aint gonna say no. Why? On this particular evening Alder was entertaining, and, for the most part, his guests had evidently come from the two large, seagoing yachts which were riding their moorings a quarter of a mile offshore. Two power launches, rich with polished mahogany, gleaming with burnished brass, were tied up at the private wharf of the Alder estate. And rumor had it that beams of invisible light guarded this wharf so that the moment any craft approached within ten feet an alarm sounded automatically, floodlights blazed into brilliance, and a powerful siren sent out its piercing scream. Stone buzzed Joan. Locked up where? Dino asked. Thats right. I was shaking like a baby. Could barely hit the elevator button or swipe my card through. She didnt take her own life. This is now ahomicide investigation. Yes, sir. He was quite explicit about the phrasing, Vullos secretary said. Its unlike you to be late for eating, Dino, Stone said. I wasnt really. He still had all of his hair and it was thick and glossy and black on top and silver at the sides. He had kept his weight down and there wasnt much sag to his lean face that had some interesting lines that a stranger might have taken for character. It was, all in all, a handsome, faintly hawkish face that easily could have passed for fifty or maybe even forty-nine and if I hadnt known that he couldn’t see three feet in front of him, I would never have suspected that his green eyes were covered by contacts. So there we had it. He had just confirmed his real feelings. Theres nothing to tell, Quane said...