CHAPTER XXIV
Tony felt a trifle uncertain as he entered his luxurious Lake Shore Drive apartment half an hour later. And the cool, questioning way in which Jane surveyed him was not reassuring.
"Jeez! I'm tired!" he exclaimed wearily. And he was. The strain of the trial had taken more out of him than he realized.
"Listen, Tony," said Jane, and there was an edge in her voice, "just what is this dame to you?"
"What dame?"
"This Rosie person, the one you killed Mike over."
"She ain't anything to me."
Jane laughed scornfully. "Do you expect me to believe that? Then why'd you bump off Mike for gettin' her?"
"I didn't. It was about somep'm else."
"Don't try to kid me. You and Mike were the best of friends up to the night that happened. The boys say you turned absolutely green when you saw Mike come in with her. Right away you
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