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Chapter 4

 A talk with Jeff  

I went upstairs to the swimming pool where Janine died. From there you could see everything: the town and the mountains. Two of Gershon’s men were there.‘Were you here last night?’ I asked the men.
‘I was, Detective Laine,’ said one of them, a tall, big guy.
‘The name’s Williams. Sergeant Bob Williams.’
‘And did you find anything?’ I asked.
‘Just apen,’ said Williams.
‘A pen?’ I said.
‘Yes,’ he said. ‘I found a pen just here by the side of the pool. They’re looking at it – to see if it was the girl’s.’
It looked like Janine Anderson really waswriting in her notebook last night, I thought. The pen was there, but where was the notebook?
‘OK. And one more thing,’ I said. ‘Can you get to the swimming pool without going through the hotelreception?’
‘Yes,’ said Williams. ‘You can go through the parking lot, and the place they keep the skis, then into the elevator.’
‘And the elevator brings you here?’ I asked.
‘That’s right,’ hesaid.
‘No security cameras?’ I asked.
‘No,’ Williams said. ‘I talked to the hotel manager and he told me they never had any problems.
’Until now, I thought, as I left the Mountain Hotel.
I wentoutside into the street. On a wall there was an advertisement. ‘Governor to run for White House,’ it said.
There was a picture of Clark Johnson, the Governor of Colorado. The elections for President werelater in the year. I looked back up to the top floor of the Mountain Hotel.
I couldn’t see the pool or Williams from here. But maybe from higher up? I looked across the street and saw a restaurantcalled the Columbine. You could sit outside at the top and I could see people at the little tables. I went in and walked up the stairs.
I showed the young waiter my police badge. I looked over tothe Mountain Hotel. I could see Sergeant Williams next to the pool. What if…? The killer could see Janine Anderson from here! He could sit here in the restaurant and wait, then just walk into the...