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work,” Baxter growled. “Stop
looking at me like that. Wipe those inane smiles off your faces, or
I'll wipe them off for you. With my fists.”
    The three Black Bears
guffawed and slapped his back. “Never thought it'd happen to
you,” Thor chuckled. “This Lindy must be a real special
lady.”
    “She is,” Baxter
blurted out before he could stop himself.
    Those infuriating bears
laughed harder.
    “Let's go,”
Baxter barked, marching off and flipping them the finger. “I'll
cover the whole central area. Are you guys done laughing? Get a
move on!”
    “Right. Luke and I
will do a sweep of the northern and eastern parts of the city,”
Dylan announced. “We'll keep in touch.”
    “I'll head west,
towards the industrial district. Will check in soon,” Thor
said, tapping his watch.
    “Keep your daggers
close, and your heads on your shoulders,” Baxter said. He
turned and scowled at them. “If I hear any more sniggering, I
swear I will...”
    Dylan and Luke laughed and
headed to their car. Thor stood at a distance, staring at him with a
strange light in his mismatched eyes. At Thor's amused, knowing
smile, Baxter threw up his hands and huffed.
    “What?” Baxter
demanded. “What is it now? You're looking at me real funny,
Thor.”
    Thor's smiled warmed.
“Having someone, not just something, to fight for. Feels
different, doesn't it?” Thor said as he began to turn away.
    Baxter stood and watched
Thor's departing back for a moment. Giving himself a hard shake, he
blinked, growled and snapped on his shades. “Yes,” he
mumbled, glad that none of those smart asses were present to hear his
sappy confession. “It does.”

CHAPTER
THIRTEEN

    Lindy looked up at the knock
on her office door. “Dr. Manolo would like a minute of your
time,” Siti popped in and announced.
    “Oh, of course,”
Lindy said hurriedly. She stood up and tried to move some of the
files out of the way.
    “Hi, Ross, please have
a seat,” Lindy said when Ross stepped into her office. “I'll
ask Siti to get you a cup of coffee.”
    Dr. Ross Manolo smiled as he
closed the door to her office. “Don't bother with the coffee,”
he said. “I'd just like to bounce some ideas off you.”
    “Ah, okay.” She
felt both flattered and flustered. Dr. Manolo was way more
experienced and accomplished than her. He had a great many letters
after his name. It was a great honor if Ross wanted to discuss his
ideas with her.
    Lindy went back behind her
desk as Ross sat in the visitor chair. He was a tall, good-looking
man in his late fifties. He always wore a bow tie and with his mane
of silver hair, he looked every inch the distinguished professor.
Ross was a widower and his only daughter had recently gotten married
and relocated to Hong Kong with her new husband. He had joked to
Lindy that his burning ambition now was to be a doting grandfather.
“Unfortunately, my daughter and son-in-law are in no hurry to
start a family,” he'd sighed.
    “I think what you said
at the briefing earlier made a lot of sense,” Ross began
encouragingly.
    “I don't know,”
she said, blowing out a breath. “When I thought over what I
said, I'm not sure I made sense to anyone. I mean, what are they
going to do with the profile I'd given them? Who exactly should they
be looking for? That's what they want to know. But I'm afraid I
haven't...”
    “You've given them a
lot of information, Lindy,” Ross said, pressing his fingertips
together. He leaned forward and said slowly, “Very important,
pertinent and accurate information.”
    “Accurate?”
    “Yes. In fact, you're
spot on in your analysis. Information is power, but you have to know
how to use that information in order to wield real power.”
    Lindy tapped her foot. “Do
you think those officers will be able to use this information to
catch the killer?”
    “It depends.”
    “On what?”
    Ross didn't answer. Instead,
he sat back in his chair and looked around her office. Lindy's brows
furrowed as she