Inside, another guard was sitting, as well as a short, pudgy man whose expensive clothes and impeccable grooming failed to compensate for a bulbous nose and thick, protruding lips.

Cavallo looked at the guard with raised eyebrows.

"Lawyer."

The guard said it as if it were a dirty word.

"Gentlemen, my name is Dick Loosey. I represent Mr. Ichikawa."

"I'm Detective Cavallo. This is Detective Rodriguez. And this is Mr. Boyle, who, is, er, a Japanese specialist and is assisting us on this case. That's his name, Ichikawa?"

Loosey nodded.