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Bosch knew that Kohl was the staff archeologist. Her real expertise and reason for her inclusion as a full-time employee was retrieving bones from the body dump sites up in the desert of the north county, which was a weekly occurrence. But Bosch knew she would be called in to handle the search for bones off Wonderland Avenue."So what do you want me to do? I want to get this confirmed tonight.""Just hold your horses, Harry. You are always so impatient. You're like a dog with a bone, no pun intended.""It's a kid, Teresa. Can we be serious?""Just come here. I'll look at this bone.""And what about tomorrow?""I'll get things in motion. I left a message for Kathy and as soon as we hang up here I'll call the office and have her paged. She'll head up the dig as soon as the sun is up and we can get in there. Once the bones are recovered, there is a forensic anthropologist at UCLA we have on retainer and I can bring him in if he's in town. And I'll be there myself. Are you satisfied?"This last part gave Bosch pause. | Босх знал, что Кати Кол - штатный археолог. Причиной включения в штат этой женщины являлось извлечение костей из захоронений в пустыне северного округа, которые обнаруживали каждую неделю. Но ее необходимо было вызвать для руководства поисками костей на холме возле Уандерланд-авеню.- И что же прикажешь делать? Мне нужно получить подтверждение сегодня вечером.- Гарри, ты слишком нетерпелив. Как собака с костью, не в обиду будь сказано.- Тереса, там останки ребенка. Можем мы обойтись без шуток?- Приезжай сюда. Я взгляну на кость.- А как насчет завтрашнего дня?- Приведу все в действие. Я оставила сообщение Кати, и, как только закончим разговор, позвоню в контору, скажу, чтобы связались с ней по пейджеру. В университете есть судебный антрополог, с которым у нас заключен договор, если он в городе, я его привезу, когда кости будут отрыты. И сама буду там. Удовлетворен?Последнее обещание заставило Босха задуматься. |
"Teresa," he finally said, "I want to try to keep this as low profile as I can for as long as I can.""And what are you implying?""That I'm not sure that the medical examiner for Los Angeles County needs to be there. And that I haven't seen you at a crime scene without a cameraman in tow for a long time.""Harry, he is a private videographer, okay?The film he takes is for future use by me and controlled solely by me. It doesn't end up on the six o'clock news.""Whatever. I just think we need to avoid any complications on this one. It's a child case. You know how they get.""Just get over here with that bone. I'm leaving in an hour." |
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