When Eli and Keiko were comparing notes in the courthouse hallway, Bones walked up to them with a skittish Cyndi Holloman on his arm. Bones took Eli aside as Cyndi ignored Keiko and rummaged in her purse.
“I had to drag her here,” Bones said in a low voice. “I’m not so sure this is going to work.”
Bones led him over to the girl.
Eli offered his hand and said, “Cyndi, I’m –”
“I know who you are,” she said.
“Did you see it? Did you actually see them beating him?”
She averted her eyes. Bones took her arm. “You got to do right by Hank,” he said. “For Danny, too.”
“Danny knew,” Eli insisted. “And he was protecting you.”
“Look what it got him,” she said.
Eli took her other arm. “That’s why you have to tell everything you know. Once it’s out in the open, they can’t hurt you. The best way
