I also knew in the back of my mind that I’d gotten all of the information from Partain that I could.

He was to the point of rehashing the same subjects - repeating himself, even.

I didn't want him to think that he was off the hook, though.

"I'll be around, doc. Keep a light on for me," I said.

"I might have some more things to talk to you about once I meet up with the research assistants you keep mentioning out at the labs."

He muttered something under his breath that I didn't take the time to decipher.

I left the bar, stopping at the pay phone outside to call Janine.

The truth is unfolding.