Chapter 100

Get down, get down! Get below the windows!’ I yelled at Vj Jamilla.
I was afraid she might be hit by rifle fire. Kyle could be out there, and I knew that he could shoot. She went down and lay facing me, and also the man I had tackled coming in the door. He looked as confused as I felt. Who the hell was he? What had just happened? And where was Kyle?
Jamilla had her service revolver pointed¹ at his chest. Her hand was amazingly steady. His nose was bleeding badly from where I’d hit him. He was well-built, probably early thirties, short-haired, a light-skinned black man.
Everything was complete chaos² in my brain.
‘Who the hell are you? Who are you?’ I yelled at the dazed, bleeding man on the floor.
‘FBI,’ he panted. ‘I’m a Federal agent. Put down the gun. Put it down now.’
Jamilla was yelling too. ‘I’m San Francisco PD, and I’m definitely not putting down my gun, mister. What are you doing in my apartment?’ she shouted. I could almost see her mind working and she wasn’t thinking nice thoughts.’Talk to us!’ He shook his head. ‘I don’t have to answer your questions. Wallet’s in the rear left pocket. Badge and ID. I’m FBI, goddamnit!’ ‘Stay down,’I yelled.’There could be someone outside with a gun.
Did Kyle Craig send you here?’ I asked.
The look on the agent’s face answered the question for me, but he refused to confirm or deny. T told you, I don’t have to answer questions.’
‘You sure as hell do.’Jamilla got in the last word.  I did the only thing I could under the circumstances - I called the FBI.
Four agents from the San Francisco office got to the apartment at a little past five in the morning. We were wary³ of the windows, though I doubted that Kyle was still nearby. Or even in San Francisco. The Mastermind was a step ahead. I should have known, and in a way I had known that he wouldn’t do the expected.
During the next couple of hours, exasperated⁴ agents from the Bureau tried to reach Kyle Craig. They couldn’t and it shook them up.  They began to give some credence⁵ to my story that Kyle might be the man behind murders going back several years. Kyle had sent the agent to Jamilla’s apartment and ordered him to break in. He’d told the agent that someone had murdered an SFPD Inspector⁶ and Alex Cross inside.
Then things started to get really hot.
I was the one who heated them up.

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

3 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

4 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

5 credence   

n.信用，祭器台，供桌，凭证

参考例句：

• Don't give credence to all the gossip you hear.不要相信你听到的闲话。
• Police attach credence to the report of an unnamed bystander.警方认为一位不知姓名的目击者的报告很有用。

6 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。