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Kinley shook her head as she shrugged into Riley’s oversized T-shirt It practically hung to her knees "No, we’re not leavingHope House, then I want to hear it Could someone pass me my jeans?"

Those jeans were the problem Law picked them up, but held the deniive you?"

She frowned "At least ten I think, all with slightly different designs"

"Why were you taking ten pairs of jeans to a tropical island in the su said he wanted a fashion show… What a load of crap Greg never gave a crap about seeingI should have known What’s weird about the jeans?" She walked over to hiht on the desk "Oh, no Did I do that by sitting on the glass? It wasn’t scratched before"

Dominic hustled across the rooany desktop was covered in a thick layer of glass, a precaution against dalass could be replaced Norainst ink stains, heavy h on the wood

This ti brunt of the stones sewn onto Kinley’s pockets

"Holy shit" Dolass "The feds suspected Jansen was transporting blood diamonds, but no one could prove it It looks like he found someone to cut them"

"Diamonds?" Kinley asked "Those are just rhinestones Most wo on their pockets these days"

Riley held out his hand, and Law passed hiht, they sparkled, creating a glorious little light show "A little bling? Thisto have Kinley walk right out of the country with a million dollars worth of blood diamonds in her suitcase"

"How can you be sure?" Kinley asked "Don’t you have to study thelass The proof is right there on the desk" Law pointed to the scratches she’d left when she’d sat on the desk He’d kissed her while there, then dragged her toward hi the scratches behind

"Conflict diaht?"

"Yes, usually from rebel-held territories in either Liberia or Cȏte d’Ivoire in West Africa Reputable buyers won’t touch the So led them out and had theot theot that Jansen has a buyer he planned to meet in Ber to have you walk theht across the border No one would question jeans Airports look for guns and explosives and drugs They don’t look for diamonds, so they would very likely see what Jansen wanted the on her pockets," Riley said

"And if he got caught, he would just say it was all mine" Kinley sat down "I was the one with all the cryptic stuff on my tablet I was the one with conflict diauess he was using ship frole his diamonds in"

Law put a hand on her shoulder "Very likely That’s why he pushed you to start using Third Worldout eone a deep pink, and she closed herself off

"Baby, you can’t think this is your fault"

Her eyes came up, and a hardness lurked there he hadn’t seen before "Oh, I think I can safely blahed He probably sat around cackling about what an idiot I was I really believed hi e, but a decent wage in Africa is different than here He playedI wanted to help everyone I believed every lie he toldto do the researchabout my father, too Who apparently wasn’t wracked with cancer, just busy at the track God, you must all think I’m a moron"

He tried to reach for her, but she stepped away "Kinley?"

She shook her head "Don’t Just give o take a shower"

Doot in her way "Kinley, pet, no one thinks you’re stupid"

"I do" She refused to meet his eyes "Please, can I just have a minute to myself?"

Riley frowned her way "The security syste the outside caain"

She sighed "I’ to run, but I can see where you would think that I obviously o tothe rest of those jeans in the hallway Please do soain I’ll keep this pair, but only until I can get a new one"