NT. - CONGRESSMAN BARNES'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Ray paced the short space outside the panic room while Kinsey spoke with Officer Candace Mills. Mills and her partner, Blake Purcell, had just arrived and cleared the room of all but the congressman's security detail and the irritated Tommy Binks.

"No crime scene," the tall, skinny tech said.

Ray shrugged, thinking how silly he looked in his booties and white coverall with nothing to investigate. "I had a look at the ...