FORTY-FIVE McCall, Tooms and Tony had been seated in separate rooms to write their statements. Tony had been escorted downtown by a couple of IA goons before McCall and Tooms had had the chance to speak with him properly. They had agreed to write the truth as it may be the only way to get Tony out of suspension or jail. If their stories faltered, IA would become suspicious and rip their stories to pieces, making things worse for him and them. Most would argue that if Tony had shot Jones, he had saved Tooms and McCall but instead he denied it. If his weapon were proven to be a decisive match Tony would go down for a long time. McCall hoped he was telling the truth, but she saw no other way it couldn’t have been him. She looked up at the large clock above the elevator and sighed at the late

