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The barghest reached into his leather jacket and pulled out a thick sheaf of battered, well-thues

"I haven’t read these They were by the bed"

I hesitated before taking theh "No Just… well-read"

They were all ether Daoud wandered over, and although he was trying to act nonchalant, I could see he was trying to get a gander at what they said I realized that everyone in the rooured they were sexy, that Ryu and I had been talking dirty over e-mail, and that explained Con’s interest

Ryu rolled his eyes at his deputy and set everyone to searching the apartain, Daoud included I settled down in a corner to flip through my e- there was a way I could tell what it was about me that Conleth saw What it was about me he liked, or felt an affinity toward Because maybe we could exploit his weaknesses

The e-ically, which was a bummer, as I’d hoped Con would have picked out his favorites and left the’s ever that easy, is it?

That said, some did seem more well-read than others Sadly, the most battered appeared to be the ones in which I talked about my home life and my dad’s health Those e-mails were testaments to my love for my faested, at least to me, how shattered he was by his lack of such love

I kept shuffling, trying to findup as one or another of Ryu’s deputies found so and called out I was so distracted by Daoud’s--and of course it was Daoud--having found Con’s porn stash that I aler sheets of my e-mails

It was a handwritten note that read sie, loopy, and old-fashioned It certainly wasn’t Con’s craotten so familiar with fro out of my reverie as I realized that, unlike Daoud’s find of Ho

I held out the note, which Anyan took as Ryu helped me to my feet The two ," Ryu said I shook "

"Who is Felicia Wethersby?" Anyan asked

"No idea Julian!" Ryu barked, and a second later, Julian’s lean, bespectacled fra at the note

"On it, sir," he said, as he walked to where his backpack, containing his laptop, sat on top of the grungy lawn chair

"Who the hell wrote this note?" I asked

"No idea," replied Ryu "Add that to the list of things we need to figure out" I shookso helpful be so entirely confusing?

A few ot her There’s a Felicia Wethersby on LinkedIn She lists herself as an administrative assistant For a private practice, run by a Dr B L Donovan And we have an address"

Ryu gave h five, then pulled me to him for a kiss

"Told you I was useful," I murmured in his ear, quite pleased with myself over my find

"And I should never have doubted you," he replied