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Show page 158 "But t h a t ' s what I had come there for, to make sure. I had to see if Louder was r e a l l y dead, you know. It was Louder a l l r i g h t , and the busdriver's wife. I f e l t their wrists, didn't get a pulsebeat. I was about to shove off when a flashlight beam broke across my path. It was Turner, of a l l people. He asked me what's with the bodies, I told him I had t r i e d to arrive in time t o keep Louder from getting caught," "That when the busdriver got his?" Rathburn asked, "Yeah. Turner flashed his light in the doorxvay, caught the guy coming down the s t a i r s from his apartment with a suitcase. He s t i l l had his gun in his hand. Things happened so fast that I don't remember everything," "Charlie, you got a good memory," Rathburn said. "Go on, i t ' s i n t e r e s t i n g ." "The busdriver started^shooting and Turner went down." "And you grabbed Turner's gun and shot the busdriver. Why?" "Turner might do me a favor sometimes." "Neat," said Rathburn. "And the commissioner gave you a medal for saving Turner's l i f e ." "Yeah, he said 'For your heroism on the night of so and so, I take pleasure - ' , pleasure he said - ' i n presenting you t h is annual good c i t i z e n s h i p medal.' " "Photographers a l l over?" "Everywhere, standing with the commissioner, with Judy. •Get Louder's widow in the p i c t u r e , ' they were y e l l i n g . Judy was in the picture already, I'm t e l l i n g you!" "You came out a l l r i g h t , " said Rathburn. "LdfeVer told anybody but you how i t really happened." |