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"I’ain if he had to He loves you, Glory"

"He called h the urge

"Do we not love our friends?" Flo put out her hand and pulled"Thanks again For healing me"

"Anytime But not soon, okay?" Flo was suddenly all business "Let’s head downstairs Let everyone see our heroine, especially the handso"

Flo took etting tastic Heroine? Had to love that But then I saw Blade standing at the foot of the stairs He wasn’t overjoyed He’d missed his chance at Westwood Because of me

Tony Crapetta hovered anxiously near the door to the porch "Get out your money, Jerry Tony, I’m ready for that dance"

"Money?" I heard Damian ask "I’ll dance with you, Gloriana, for free" I looked Damian over The sheets on the coffin bed had been ru about Of course I didn’t really want to dance But I had to get out of there I pulled Tony outside At least hehison around hi him to dance Too bad he wasn’t allowed to tell anyone about Da as adown, big time Adrenaline can take you only so far

"Thanks for the dance, Tony" Valdez had stayed close, right on the edge of the dance floor At least he’d been blessedly silent in front of Crapetta

"Sure, Miss Gloriana You look a little… tired How about we go in here and see the show?"

"Sure" Here was the third tent I collapsed on a chair facing the stage set at one end The Wizard I’d seen earlier was doing so hopped out of a shifter’s low-cut bodice and I wondered if Froggie could be the sa in tent one Probably Queen Liz sat front and center, staring a hole in the wizard as she quietly shredded the pleated ruff she’d ripped off her own neck

" Kenneth is here" Flo’s voice whispered inside my head " Join us in the library if you feel up to it" Did I feel up to it? Not really But I had to know if Kenneth had killed Margie I ot up, Valdez on my heels I headed for the house and reh I’d never actually been there except in Daination I stepped inside and shut the door behind one for a Rhett Butler look tonight His chin was up but he was looking anywhere but at the va him

Diana, Scarlett O’Hara in red taffeta to his Rhett, sat in a chair close by Her face was pale and streaked with tears Obviously she and Kenneth had soie’s death?

"How can you accuse hiuerite? Where is your proof?" She wiped her wet cheeks with shaking hands

"We don’t need proof, Diana" Richard Mainwaring stood beside Flo "All Kenneth need do is tell us he didn’t do it and this will be forgotten"

"Tell them, Kenny" Diana juet in a hoop skirt "Tell theie had an open relationship That she didn’t care if you and I had an affair" She stared up at him, obviously didn’t like what she saw and stepped back "Say you didn’t kill her"

"I…" He held out his hand to Diana but she shook her head "Diana, please"

"Not until you tell everyone here that you didn’t kill Margie"

Kenneth dropped his hand and looked wildly around the rooet out of my head You too, Blade" H Blade was on the other side of the room, obviously very intent on Kenneth too I didn’t bother I’d had enough ht

Kenneth pressed his hands to his eyes "Florence, stop it! All of you! Just stop it!"

"We know the truth now, Kenneth, so don’t bother to deny it Why? Why did you kill Marguerite?" Flo stepped up and poked hio!" Ken’s eyes blazed and Diana gasped "She treated me like her chattel She made me so she owned ave me perh his short cropped hair "And she took her own lovers But I always had to belong to her Body and soul"

"Liar You wanted her money You could have left her at any time But with only the clothes on your back" Flo looked like a vengeful goddess in Kevlar, her bright yellow targets quivering with her rage