"Barbara Karmazin - Blackbird 2 - Out of the Dark" - читать интересную книгу автора (Karmazin Barbara)

Officer Jameson raked her hand through the pale blue curls on her scalp. тАЬThe only witness you have for
this so-called abduction is a nine-year-old child. That's rather dubious grounds for your assumptions.тАЭ
The tiny speaker chip in the plastic shield around the cubicle added a squeaky texture to her voice

Indio leaned against the partition. It creaked under his hand. тАЬMa'am, I know what I'm talking about. If
you'll enter a request for my name under covert ops, you should be able to pull up my status as a fellow
police officer, both dirtside and off-planet.тАЭ
 Jameson rewarded him with a blank stare. She pointed at a red line on the floor. тАЬStand behind the line
and look straight ahead so I can verify your ID.тАЭ

He positioned himself per her instructions, gazed into the pulsing blue dot of the partition's scanner and
waited while it transferred his ID into her computer. A few seconds later, the console beeped. Strips of
red, green and blue data from the sofscreen flickered across Jameson's face, giving her the appearance of
a multicolored zebra. Hell of a way to spend your life, cooped up inside a transparent shield.

He shook his head. Letting his mind wander like that wasn't going to help him find Cait.

Jameson looked up, her expression more sympathetic. тАЬDid you check out the morgue?тАЭ

тАЬWe did. None of the bodies were hers.тАЭ

Jameson tugged at her lip for a moment. тАЬI'd like to help you. ButтАжтАЭ She spread her hands apart and
shrugged.

He gritted his teeth and kept his voice calm and reasonable. тАЬBut what?тАЭ

тАЬWe've had thirty-seven murders, sixteen rapes, twenty-nine assaults and sixty-five drug cases today.
On top of everything else we have this terrorist bombing at the spaceport on the highest priority level.
Unless you can produce concrete evidence of an abduction or a link to terrorism, I'm afraid your report
will remain in the pending file.тАЭ

тАЬHow about the bag lady my daughter saw? Do you have an address in your files for her?тАЭ

Jameson stroked her chin. Gold glitter sparkled on her fingernails. тАЬI can't release personal files on
citizens just like that.тАЭ

тАЬNot even for a fellow officer?тАЭ

She pursed her lips, then keyed up the security grid for O'Hare Spaceport. тАЬWhere did your daughter
see her?тАЭ

тАЬIn the sub-basement parking garage.тАЭ

Her hands moved swiftly over the console in a request for more specific files. The image shifted to views
of the subterranean garage. She pursed her lips and leaned closer to screen. Another quick stab of her
finger and the images blanked out except one that showed Cait, Socorro and the bag lady standing
together.

Indio wished he had the ability to morph himself through the plastic partition for a closer look. Instead,