CHAPTER 4 Rebecca had to admit she didn’t even remember the drive home. It was bad enough that she had lost Yuri after managing to find him, but then, Richie hanging up on her was the last straw. She kept replaying in her head all the things she should have said to him. What nerve! What gall! Was he “Mr. Sensitive” all of a sudden? Just who did he think he was? Just who did she think he was? She still wasn’t quite sure, despite trying to find out. The good news was that he had no record. She first met Richie last Christmas Eve when he wandered into Homicide looking for his cousin Angie’s fiancé, Inspector Paavo Smith. He wanted Paavo to help him with a “situation.” Paavo wasn’t working that day, Rebecca was, and suddenly found herself involved. That worked out well, but then, two month

