CHAPTER 16Bannister and Ramirez arrived at the office at the same time.
“I’ve got a favor to ask you, Mercedes. You’re planning to write up the Audrey Mims interview, right?”
“First thing this afternoon. Why?”
“When you’re finished, fax it to me in care of the Los Angeles office. I’ll give you the number.”
“LA?” Ramirez’s mouth dropped open.
“I have some personal business out there which I hope to be able to handle in two days. You recall I worked in that division before transferring to Atlanta, right?”
“I forgot about that.” She stared at him with a look that said If you want to tell me about it, okay; if not, then that’s okay, too.
“I called my former supervisor who’s still running one of their counter-terrorism squads. He’ll have the duty agent fax back any additions or correctio
