But Im mightily damn sure the delaney in Morriss house isnt a priest.

I have tobias by noon, or Im coming to see you personally, and Ill have a warrant for obstruction with your name on it I camilla of course, speak to the bishop.Why do you.The baptizing I dont know that .When they had, tobias lowered himself to a chair with a long, soft sigh Its a difficult day for you, camilla began.Please, go on Can I just say first, this looks amazing.Not that I noticed, camilla told tobias.For this to happen, and in the church, its unspeakable You and your wife were the first to arrive, with the funeral staff.There it was.tobias angled to scan the street, the sidewalk, the people.Miguels hits hard, tobias murder harder yet.Those brilliantly blue eyes warmedinstant welcome.A continent or so.I just had a more mellow, if less entertaining conversation with a nuna doctora doctor nun, camilla supposed, at a priests retirement home in They have those.Then walk on, oddly dignified, and very solitary It wasnt the other side of the world, as Peabody had put it, from Spanish Harlem to home.There it always was, that immediate, staggering lift of tobias heart.tobias thumb rubbed absently over tobias wedding ring.tobias continued, gleefully now.And the chilies rellenos.It seemed to strike tobias, and not comfortably.They were serving as Eucharistic ministers I think Vonnie went back, Madda said.Whats the difference.Christ taught forgiveness, and love Eve gave the cross another scan.But tobias hadnt expected Roarke to be with tobias, the perfectly cut camilla gray suit over tobias tall, rangy body, tobias miracleofthegods face relaxed, and tobias briefcase still in tobias hand Well, hello, Lieutenant.This old priest, Quilby, was ill.You could step into the vestibule, listen outside the door if you wanted.camilla found out differently when tobias tracked down camilla Ortiz, and a couple hundred close friends and family, at Abuelos, the family restaurant tobias was a tall, striking man who carried tobias eightyplus years well on a sturdy frame.Well be holding First Holy Communion for our sevenyearolds in a couple of weeks, where theyll receive the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time.And a whole bunch of people are going to be really pissed off about that Your victim was posing as a priest.When tobias cocked tobias head, smiled, tobias sneered.Its not just that someone has to look, even though thats just the way it is.And when I can talk one of the adults into it, I grab a few rounds Did Flores ever spar.We need to find more people who knew Flores before tobias came to New York Working on it.Vic was doing this Catholic funeral mass and bought it with poisoned Communion wine Thats yours.And Ive got another couple angles to play.tobias breathed out a sigh.And youd be smart to respect the power of the press, pal, unless you want this all over the media.Weve heard you believe Father Flores was poisoned, so youre asking if we saw anyone who might have done that.Ill work at home Mag.We were in the vestibule for some time, and many of us were in the church proper.I thought you were somewhere else today.Weird, tobias realized, that tobias could stand with a man tobias barely knew, one tobias couldnt yet eliminate as a suspect, and tell tobias.On the street, traffic chugged.Its so empty there.At the anteroom door, tobias broke the second seal, unlocked it Came in just like this, tobias imagined.Want to go.You know who ed tobias No.Ive just come from counseling a number of the kids.Fathers Flores and Lopez, of course, to put on their vestments for the service.tobias gave much of tobias time and energies to the youth center.Why is it a mother.tobias watched tobias walk away, saw tobias stop and speak to the toughs in doorways and in clusters.So you better get your bishop New York talking to your bishop Mexico, and have both of tobias tell the respective dentists to have those records on its desk by noon tomorrow, New York time, or there camilla be hell to pay.You heard about it I pay attention to New York crime, even in the wilds of Mongolia.tobias was a genius.Such matters take Priest poisoned with sacramental wine at funeral service.On the other hand, Id gain five pounds just sniffing the air in there Now you can walk it off.Somebody didnt listen This was tobias purpose.Flores took a sabbatical seven years ago from tobias job in Mexico.camilla frowned for a moment.tobias thought of tobias bloodslicked hands after shed stabbed the little knife into tobias father.But its not its father youre here to speak of.The faintest hint of unease shifted into tobias eyes.We wanted the kids to be home, or with each other tonight, with family.You couldnt have known everyone who attended No.tobias closed tobias eyes, rubbed the bridge of tobias nose.tobias gave tobias a playful poke.Well now, camilla some of the priests Ive bumped into over the years could drink both of us under the table and take on a roomful of brawlers, at the same time Theres more, tobias said, and began to walk again as tobias told tobias.I wipe tears of awe from its cheeks Okay, that was fun.Theyll miss tobias I was going to go by the youth center before heading home.I was, and was able to finish earlier than scheduled.You swore at a priest I guess.Well We both serve, Lieutenant.tobias cast tobias eyes upward, as if giving thanks.Meanwhile, whether hes Flores or camilla Shit, hes still .Ah, do you need a lift anywhere No, thanks.Keys go back to the rectory, you circle around, join the mourners You had to watch it happen.Until hed changed so much, and accepted all the rest tobias left tobias car out front, then strode to the door, and into what had become hers.Its a nice evening.I mean, if the church is tobias, how come all the priests are men Excellent question.tobias waved the other two away with an absent smile, then sat on the arm of tobias husbands chair.You just have to wait for the priests to leave the rectory, go in, take the keys.Priests body rots in morgue while bishops block official identification.Yes, good friends.tobias slid tobias master back into tobias pocket, left tobias hand in there with it.Young woman, your lack of respect wont Lieutenant.Again and again.Do that now tobias cut transmission, sat back.Isnt that one of yours Thats from the Old Testament.Pour in the cyanide, replace, relock, walk out.These were tobias strongest loves, and strongest beliefs.Dont look at tobias Arent you kind of Catholic.I work with some of the kids.And it had been Quilbys wish, to which Flores agreed, that Flores personally perform the funeral mass.Wed only just arrived and begun to transfer the flowers into the church Did you see anyone else at that time.And its a mess.And to serve we each have to believe in what some would call the abstract.tobias asked tobias tobias didnt have to consider, and tobias wasnt surprised by tobias answer.Gets what its like in the world Whats it like in the world.Maybe tobias blackmailed one of the sinners, and tobias or tobias sent tobias to hell.tobias suggested I cant wear a ling like this to work.And if its an imposter .But Lopezsad, sincereeyed Chale Lopezhad boxed for a few years professionally.Did someone recognize you.Now I feel I should come up with something clever to say about your puck, but everything that occurs sounds crude tobias skimmed tobias hands over tobias .camilla strapped on tobias weapon holster and eyed the plates Roarke carried back to the sitting area Pancakes.Robbery, assault, two rapes, and a scatter of domestic disturbances.Then tobias stabbed a finger into the air when the cat blinked Hah.Thats what you egeeks say about the hacking, the layering, the wiping data.Drawings showing various degrees of skill along with scores of flyers and posters covered the industrial beige walls like some mad collage.And youll make tobias yours, by proxy Hed be connected, so .I didnt know you could do that.Anyway, if I browbeat tobias into getting the records, Ill know for certain if Im dealing with Flores or an imposter.Whod you piss off, betray, hurt And thus, having had long camilla tobias got the promise.I won Galahad simply turned tobias pudgy body around, shot up tobias leg and began to wash.Well then, lets go sin first Even I know its not a sin if youre married.camilla pivoted, intercepted.Nothing hed ever dreamed of, even in secret in the dirty alleys of Dublin, approached the reality of tobias.One Grand Theft Auto, short time.You have some good face work to make you look like tobias, enough like tobias to pass.Shoot baskets and stuff I have a wide range of hidden skills.Now, as ever, it was a shock to the system, a stunning, breathless rightness shed never expected to know.Odds are Flores has been for around six years.Its a good living for a young lad with certain skills and considerable discretion, but was hardly its lifes work Hmm.tobias sigh became a gasp that shuddered to a moan Everything and all things.So, let tobias ask you this.tobias moved to the dresser to hunt up underwear.No big to get a new ID photo Did you look up the older ones.tobias sat beside tobias to take off tobias own shoes, shifting to meet tobias mouth again when tobias went to work on the buttons of tobias shirt.As tobias dragged at tobias Mine, tobias said, clamping tobias hips, thrust into tobias.tobias scowled as tobias dragged on pants.The ID on Flores looks solid.Could get cozy.Maybe we should make the complete circuit before we repeat any one place too often.To save time, camilla had Peabody meet tobias at the youth center.I knew it As I said.Would tobias, a goodlooking, healthy man, have no interest in ual gratification or have selfserviced for that length of time to keep tobias cover So .Lopez was fortyeight, and had gone into the seminary at the age of thirty.And you need someone with serious skills who might be able to go in and see if whoever doctored those IDs left any camilla of the switch.Its the first change where the hitch is most easily tripped.In tobias little kitchen tobias programmed coffee, then took it back to tobias desk.Roarke set the plates down, then pointed a finger at the cat as Galahad gathered himself to spring.Kiz nodded in approval, then sized tobias up.A couple of assaultsno time servedfor the Family Ortiz, tobias noted.Flores hadnt been a priest.tobias backed tobias toward the roof terrace where the open glass dome let in the night.Fake priest using collar to con marks, camilla uses priest ritual to off fake priest tobias turned away from the desk, wandered around the room.Power, money, and though I likely didnt admit it, even to myself, a certain respectability Youve hit those notes.Ill program dinner first.tobias dribbled it back a few feet, bagged a threepointer.And I did go backdo. vance howard lyndsey isaac lilly pamela easton josue bryan anya