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"What’s the bet?" he asked, but he wasn’t expecting an answer, nor did he want one "I knoe’ll make it a truth or dare"

"What?"

"When you sink a ball, you ask a question I’ll tell you the truth When I sink a ball, you answer a question And you have to tell the truth"

"That’s ridiculous!" Darcy said

"Why?" he asked, his eyes dark "Are you incapable of telling the truth?"

"No I’ve never lied to you"

"I think that you have," he said flatly He racked the balls, but then stepped away "Ladies first"

"I really can play, you know," she told him

"I believe you"

She was afraid that she’d be uneasy, and off She wasn’t She shot a clean break, sinking the three

"Ask a question," he told her

She hesitated "Who wanted the divorce, you or Lavinia?"

He arched a brow, as if surprised by her choice of question "I filed"

"That didn’t really answer the question Who wanted the divorce?"

"I did Shoot" He indicated the table

She sank another ball

"Did you ever really love her?"

He shrugged

"Come on, you called it--truth or dare"

"I was absolutely infatuated with her Did I really love her? I don’t know We didn’t give ourselves time"

Darcy sank another ball

"Did you ever hate her?" she asked

"Yes Go on, play"

This time, Darcy missed Matt picked up his cue It didn’t seele; he sank his first ball with an absolute ning when you take on another voice?"

"I swear that I’," she said flatly

"Maybe without even knowing it?"

"Excuse me, I answered the question, shoot!" she said

He sank another ball She wasn’t even sure he looked at the table

"Why were you so strange on the porch last night?" he dee?"

"You were afraid of ht that I’d been followed out"

"Why did you lie?"

"That’s another question Shoot another ball"

He started to protest, then shrugged Again, his ball seemed to slide into the pocket effortlessly

"Why did you lie?" he deain

She shook her head "I don’t know I supposed I thought that you’d followedI don’t really know"

"That’s the truth?" he de truth or dare," she said dryly

A flicker of soh his eyes To her amazement, he missed his next shot

She quickly took up her own cue, and made a shot

"Where is Lavinia now?" she asked

He looked puzzled "How the hell should I know? Maybe Paris, maybe London If she’s in DC, I haven’t heard about it Why?"

"It was my question, not yours," she infor moment

"Well?" he said impatiently

"Did you kill your wife?" she asked quietly

"What?"

"My question!" she grated

"No, I didn’t kill my wife"

She looked at the table quickly, took aim, and missed her shot Matt walked past her with his cue He made his shot, but didn’t ask a question He cleaned the table, and set down his cue

"Last question So that’s it You think that I killed led her in the Lee Room?"

Darcy opened her ht that I should rave today?"