Chapter 14
IRA HAENIGSON turned to Cellini Smith as the latter piloted his coupe through the traffic.
"Where are we going?"
"To the hospital. To see Chloe. To try to get her to tell us who killed Danny Meade."
"What makes you think she knows?"
"If she doesn't know, then the killer thinks she does. That's why the attempt was made on her life."
Cellini cut into the curb opposite the hospital and told the detective-sergeant to wait He walked over to a nearby gas station, used the phone, then returned.
"All right. Let's go."
Ira Haenigson regarded him suspiciously as they crossed the street and took the broad hospital steps.
"Who were you phoning, Smith?"
"I've started spending some of that check in my pocket on something I've wanted a long time."
"What's that?"
"I've put in an ord
