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‘Yes, sir.’ Beane’s expression still hadn’t changed.
‘So long as you do understand it, Darren, we’ll be glad to have you working with us. Let me know if you hear anything, go around the baths and see what the gossip is.’
Beane stood up. ‘I’ll be in touch, sir. Will you be coming over to Surry Hills?’
‘Later, probably. Kate and I are going out to Homebush to talk to one of the other bash victims. Surry Hills has a stack of evidence on the four killings, but it still doesn’t add up to anything concrete. Maybe I’ll stumble on something you missed.’
‘Good luck, sir,’ said Beane and it sounded as if there was just a faint note of sarcasm to his voice.
He left and Malone looked at Kate Arletti. ‘I can see you think I was rough on him.’
‘You’re the boss, sir.’
‘You sound like my wife, Kate. Or my daughters when they think they know better than I do. Young Darren looks like a bright young cop, but he has a lot to learn about a cop’s conscience. We’re not supposed to have any, Kate. Not when it comes to catching murderers.’
‘He’s our best contact with the gay community—’
‘I know that. But he has to make up his mind what comes first – being gay or being a cop. Yes?’
‘Nothing, sir.’
‘Come on, Kate. I know that look – you have something you want to say.’
‘Well, let’s say the killer, or killers, let’s say they were killing thugs who were bashing up cops.
‘I’d still be after them,’ he said and hoped he sounded convincing.
Kate considered his answer; then she stood up. ‘Do you want me to keep covering the lesbian scene?’
‘Yes, for the time being.’ Eventually he would have to talk to the lesbians; he might even have to go into the gay baths. For the moment, though, he was still shedding prejudices: he was treading a different turf. Objectivity, something he needed in these cases, was never iron-clad. He looked at his notes. ‘In the meantime you can come with me out to Homebush. We’re going to talk to the second feller who was bashed, back in July, see if he remembers anything about the killing.’
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