“It’s in all the papers. It’s even on 3-N. Eyewitnesses—policemen—who say they saw you—her—step out of the shadows and then get thrown into the water. It’s not like there’re pictures, but everybody saw you—her. Everybody who lived, anyway.”
“What about Eddie Lobb?” Selina abandoned her pretenses. Bonnie already knew her secrets, and Bonnie knew what was going on. “I saw him get shot, but not what happened afterward. Was he one of the ones who lived or one of the ones who didn’t?”
The rustling newspaper created static on the line. “It just says that Eddie—they call him ‘Edward, a.k.a. Tiger, Lobb’—was identified by the suspects and police as the man who followed Catwoman into the water. ‘Although the pier was immediately cordoned off and the search continued until after sunrise, Mr. Lobb could not be found. Divers will search the water around the pier later in the day. However, unnamed sources at the police department suggest that Catwoman may have played a role in Mr. Lobb’s apparent escape.’ “
Selina shook her head wearily. Whether it was the police or the media, they never got her role in anything right. “Unnamed because they’re stupid and wrong,” she snarled at Bonnie. “I could tell them a thing or two about who was helping Eddie Lobb get away!”
Bonnie was enthralled by the possibility.
Selina was appalled to hear the words her own voice was saying. “Later,” she corrected. “I’ll tell you later. We’ll do dinner. But now you’ve got to let me do what I’ve got to do—” She waited for Bonnie to react.