Your Honor, Burger said, this is a preliminary hearing. The object of a preliminary hearing is to determine whether a crime has been committed, and if so, whether there is probable cause to believe the defendant guilty of that crime. Wait a minute. What the hells that supposed to mean? Mason took a list from his pocket.Herbert Doxey, Lutts son-in-law; Roxy Claffin; Enright Harlan; Ezekiel Elkins, a director of the Sylvan Glade Development Company; Regerson B Neffs, also a director; Cleve Rector, another director. Jenkins picked up a phone and made a call.Hes on his way. Yes, sir, I was mistaken. I was confused. Im not sure its a play you either like or dont like. I’m not sure that’s the purpose. He looked over the desk and saw some Post-it notes affixed to the screen. They were all in Cyrillic. He smiled. Nice little piece of security there. In one desk drawer were some framed photos. They looked to be about twenty years old or so, judging by the clothes the people wore. A man and a woman were holding a baby with a girl around six next to them. Maybe that was Valentines family back in Mother Russia. He might be the baby boy. A woman named Sara Ewes was one of my very first subscribers on Hummingbird. Yeah? You sound like a prisoner awaiting execution, she noted. She said,So, how did a billionaires phone feel? And went where? Thats to the point, Tom. Thats all right, Mason told her. You just sit tight and carry on as though nothing had happened. Did you get the bail fixed? Mason asked. I dont see why, the sheriff growled..