Lance said. “It could be days or weeks before I hear from him.”The waiter brought menus, and they ordered.When they were halfway through dinner, Lance spoke up again. “My people are not going to buy your local theory.”“It’s Ed Rawls’s theory,” Stone said.“That won’t matter to them. They’re not going to be distracted by the deaths of Don Brown and his niece. They won’t be inclined to believe that a high-ranking officer like Dick was killed by some information shared between two teenaged girls.”“Lance, the facts surrounding what happened to Dick and his family are not going to be shaped by what Langley believes. They are what they are, and you need to explain that to them.”“You obviously haven’t had much experience with large bureaucratic organizations,” Lance replied.Stone laughed. “I worked for the NYPD for fourteen years.”Lance laughed. “Touche.”“Too many murder investigations are shaped by what the hierarchy wants to believe,” Dino said, “especially in high-profile cases.
