Amidst a multitude of mutterings and vague complaints, everyone was in position by six-thirty the next morning.

“Let us know when your subject leaves.” Geffen broadcast. “We’d like to try to get into all three places today.”

Twenty minutes later McKinney announced “Bowes is on his way.  It looks like he’s out for the day. He has a cooler, a thermos, and what looks like a laptop bag. I only saw the one car and there doesn’t appear to be anyone else living there.”

“We’re heading that way now. Keep us updated.”

A half an hour later they pulled into the agreed-upon observation point for Bowes’ house. It was a well-maintained Spanish style adobe with a small carport in an older part of town. “We’ll watch a...

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