MY PHONE RINGS: WILL Stanton. Even through the earpiece, his voice booms. “Michael? What’s going on down there?”
James’ head swivels and I tap onto loudspeaker. “... I’ve been talking to some woman who says you’re moving her out of her apartment on Klempner’s say-so? How come I didn’t hear this from you? Or Klempner?”
“My apologies, Will. He was specific that he didn’t want the police brought into it until he was sure he had the Surgeon rather than just some random stalker.”
A pause then... “Alright. I get that. Where is he now? And where are you taking the woman, Martina is it?”
“We’re moving Marty up to the hotel. If you want to interview her up there, I’ll make the facilities available for you. As for Klempner, I’ve not a clue where he is. The last I heard from him, he told me he wa
