"William Barker?"
"What if that is my name?"
Carroll's hands spread wide.
"Just wanted to be sure, that's all. You are William Barker?"
"An' what if I am? What you got to do with that?"
Carroll showed his badge.
"And this gentleman," he finished, designating Leverage, "is chief of police."
Barker's voice came back to him in a half whine, half snarl.
"I ain't done nothin'—"
"Nobody has accused you yet."