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"I’ve got to shower and changethe back of it with his lips "We’ll see each other again soon"

Emma tucked her hand in the pocket of her jacket to keep it fro as she watched Duncan stroll frouel The other vaed inShe couldn’t have said what the particular discipline was She didn’t know enough about any of them Her only experience with martial arts had been teeks of a disastrous class she’d taken in college Every inch of her body had ached--no, ached was too kind a word for how she’d felt Her body had hurt, and she’d finally decided there had to be a better way of staying fit

"You ready, Ms Duquet?"

Emma jerked her head around to stare at Louis Apparently, she’d been daydreaht I wonder why?

"Thanks, Louis," she said out loud "And please, call me Emma," she added as she followed hiht to ask, "Who’s Phoebe?"

"A friend She works with the FBI Duncan called her out to Leesburg the other night I isolated soh some identification software she has access to

E Duncan’s vaht that was a blur "I didn’t ive her a weirdly intense look "No," he said finally "She arrived after you were gone"

He started walking again, and E she’d missed? Maybe Duncan and Phoebe were more than just friends And maybe Louis was close to Phoebe and resented the obvious sexual tension between Duncan and Eination run around in her head like a schizophrenic yappy dog

Yeah, that was probably it

After going back to the waiting roos, Ey upstairs for her It wasn’t all that heavy, and Eo, however, to let guys carry things if they wanted to Truth was, she kind of liked allant, who opened doors and who offered their seats to women She drew the line at car doors, because she felt too silly sitting there like a luuy ran around the car But she didn’t mind the other stuff It was nice So, she let Louis carry the gy to a bedroom on the second floor He dropped it at the foot of the bed and backed quickly out of the roo "Join us whenever you’re ready You can’t "

"No rush" He gave her a toothy grin "We’ll be here all night"

E until he had disappeared down the hall before closing the door She looked around It was a nice room Sort of dated and frilly, and not really to her taste, but the furniture was beautiful and everything was clean And there was an en suite bathroo been in such a rush tobefore anyone stopped her, that she’d ignored that particular necessity

Washing her hands afterward, she stared at her reflection in the mirror over the sink and wondered why any man, much less one with Duncan’s looks and sheer lance She looked awful Too hts with too little sleep had put circles like dark, purple bruises under her eyes And they were all the more obvious because her skin was pale and drawn She hadn’t bothered withShe’d known it would just be cried off, but she had naturally thick eyelashes, so that part wasn’t too bad Even her lipstick was gone, probably chewed off on the way over here Her face was one big, pale blotch with tired eyes, and it was topped off by a dark tangle of hed and turned away She had a hair brush in her bag, and a bit of lip gloss couldn’t hurt either

It was only a matter of minutes before the Jiy with her neatly folded office clothes She finished tying her shoes and crossed to the bathrooreat, but definitely better She wore a faded pair of denih that she knew they looked good on her E it show What was the point otherwise? Along with the deni-sleeved, cotton t-shirt, and a zippered hoodie to keep her warloss in the side pocket of her hoodie and left the rest of her stuff where it was

She opened the door and turned in the direction Louis had indicated She could already hear a steady buzz of conversation and clicking co in a variety of languages She followed the noise about halfway down the hall to another bare-walled rooym downstairs It was probably intended as a bedroom, but it now held a les with no obvious pattern Computers and other equip between the to happen as they snaked and twisted froh,on their asses like she did

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