'Clever' said latto. 'so that's what Max put in my orange juice, was it?' Crocker's mouth dropped open. 'how do you know about that? he asked. just then another noise came out of the darkness. At last. thought latto, martinez has decided to come out. but the Crocker spoke Ah Ray, i see you found someone hiding among the trees. latto turned to see martinez coming down towards him. he was looking angry. his hands were behind his head. molinaro was holding a gun to his back in molinaro's other hand was the recorder. He was over ther behind the trees, said molinaro, 'listening to everything and recording it on this. He waved the recorder in the air and then threw it on the ground near Crocker. This was in his pocket too. Walking round to stand next to Crocket, he took Martinez' gun from his own pocket and passed it to crocker.
Well, well, well, said Crocker. You must be detective Martinez. I was talking to lieutenant becker about you only this afternoon. Crocker turned back to latto. Once again you've tried to be too clever, Dr Latto. He looked quickly at molinaro.
'Search him, he said,nodding at latto. he may have a gun on him. Find the microphone too. Molinaro came over to latto. Careful to keep latto between himself and Crocker, Molinaro searched him. He found both the microphone and threw them to Crocker. Not just one microphones-but two. Crocker smiled and shook his head. He dropped them both on the ground and broke them by standing on them