“He was frightened,” Hendricks said. “All this, the whole thing, building up around us.”
“Maybe.”
“What, then? What do you think?”
“I think he may have had a reason for killing Rudi. A good reason.”
“What reason?”
“Maybe Rudi learned something.”
Hendricks studied her bleak face. “About what?” he asked.
“About him. About Klaus.”
Klaus looked up quickly. “You can see what she’s trying to say. She thinks I’m the Second Variety. Don’t you see, Major? Now she wants you to believe I killed him on purpose. That I’m—”