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"You know Chris isn’t responsible for what happened to Danielle, don’t you?"

Darcy glanced at him "I can’t believe he’d do it I can’t believe anyone I know could do that to another hue, Ji when he said she’d changed There’s no easy way to say this…"

"So just say it"

"She was…seeing a few htened on the wheel It was painful realizing there’d been a widening gap between her and Dani, and she hadn’t realized it "Go on"

"One of the guys was Mitch"

"What?" But the mo after all Mitch was the sort of hardworking, good-humored type Dani had been drawn to "Okay"

"When he caught on to her having other interests…it hit him hard She was special to hi wasn’t et her to let him off the hook easy Turned out she was upset because he’d been following her Angling to catch her in the act, I suppose She toldto cut him off for weeks and if I was really worried about him, I’d tell him to knock it off or she’d have Miller arrest hiaze heavy on the side of her face "Darcy…I bluffed when I said she toldin her voice I wondered When he showed up at your place so upset about tying the arsons in with theup in front of his house, she parked and twisted to face hi and wondered what had drawn his attention in that direction "Do you think Mitch killed my sister?"

"No! Hell, no" He shook his head violently "If I even suspected that, I would’ve driven hi into Seattle a lot I figure that’s where she ot out, needing to stand and suck in air to get past her sudden nausea "I really need that walk"

"THAT WAS A real duation table in the sheriff’s depart froh the tay mirror, Jared watched Mitch Quinn sprawl insolently in his chair and shake his head "I wasn’t running from the deputy I left some ice cream in the truck"

"Um, ice cream What flavor?"

"Vanilla"

"Ah, too bad I like chocolate myself" She settled in the seat across froes that have been shipped to the station to your attention"

Quinninto the station are addressed to anized"

"You’re meticulous, aren’t you, Mitch?"

"I a a precision incendiary device would be child’s play for a dedicated, anized fireht "Noait a ht fires, I don’t start theet to take on hters, is there? Unless there was suddenly a rash of fires in the area An arsonist setting up shop here would be al volunteer"

"That’s sick"

"I agree The supply rooas Did you know tear gas was used in theuests out You were in the supply room yesterday, Mitch What for?"

"Because there was a note on the dry erase board in the station telling rab a box labeled LBFD--Lion’s Bay Fire Departure it out"

"Who left the note?"

"I don’t know"

"You didn’t recognize the handwriting? A aze was icy "I didn’t look at it that closely"

"All right" She pulled out her cell phone "I’ll text Deputy Ca it over"

"I erased it after I finished the job," he bit out "That’s e’re supposed to do, so we don’t have guys trying to do jobs that have already been done"

"That’s a shame Or maybe I should call it convenient?"

"This is a witch hunt You’re looking for a scapegoat to keep your record looking good and I’ I want a lawyer"

"Fuck," Miller muttered from his place beside Jared in the observation room "This is why I should’ve interviewed hi up"

"Too risky," Jared said, although he’d already said it before More than once "If the arsons in any way tie back to Danielle Michaels’s murder, you and I both have a conflict of interest This e’re keeping it semi-clean"

His cell vibrated and he pulled it out of his pocket, reading the text froone to Ralston’s house and that he’d pegged Mitch Quinn as one of Danielle’s lovers

Trish pushed back froone casual today with jeans and blouse paired with a Marshals Service Windbreaker, but there was nothing soft about her approach to the job "Maybe your lawyer can explain why you checked out three different books on Reginald Merkerson froodda over his chair and putting Jared on alert for his partner’s safety Quinn’s eyes ild and hot, his face pale "I’ve never been to the Seattle library in my life"

She pulled a copy of the library check-out list from the folder in her hand and set it on the table "This says different"