I looked up. "Yes?"
"Fred Plaice is throwing you a curve, Gyp."
The instant she used my nickname, I knew Anita felt that it was important. She never did that unless we were alone and talking seriously.
"What the devil!"
"Fred caught another telepath last night, at the same time he got the snake you just saw," Anita said. "You didn't know that, did you, Gyp?"
"Hell, no," I growled. "Does George Kelly know?"
"No," she said.
"How did you find out, Anita?"
She shrugged. "I stand pretty good with a couple of the guys in Fred's section. One of them tipped me on the 'visor at home before I came to work. That's how I knew to be down here, actually."
I scowled over that one. "What did your buddy tell you?"