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But the da Eh to keep her fro sound to her phone Except it wasn’t hers It was Duncan’s She stared at the caller ID Cynthia Who the hell was Cynthia?

Feeling so lover, then answered the phone "Hello?"

Silence Then, "Who the hell is this?" a woman’s voice demanded

Emma’s eyes narrowed in irritation "I think that’s my line, since you called me"

"I didn’t call you, I called Duncan Where the hell is he?"

"Asleep Which you’d know if you knew anything about hi the fact that he’s asleep I expected to get his voiceot you So, who are you and what the hell have you done with Duncan?"

"A lotFor hours and hours Deal with it" E both petty and very satisfied Of course, Duncan ht not see it that way

She juain Cynthia What a surprise E if only for the satisfaction of disconnecting again, but figured the bitch would just keep calling Assu she was a bitch Hell,Euess her rudeness when her own cell phone started ringing from somewhere on the other side of the room

"What is it with these phones?" she grumped and went in search of her jacket Her phone, which had survived all of last night’s trau but a bit of mud to show for it, should still be in the jacket’s pocket She had a wild thought that ither, too, but that was only the pricking of her guilty conscience Not that Emma doubted a determined someone could find her cell nuo by She finally located her clothes and dug out the phone, frowning at what she saw there The call was co from her office Or rather what had been her office until Sharon fired her Was it just yesterday? It seemed too much had happened for such a short period of ti up After all, she didn’t owe theht be Noreen or one of the other legislative assistants It wasn’t their fault Sharon was an ass, or that Guy Coffer couldn’t stand up to his wife She sighed and punched the receive button

"Elad I reached you," a man’s voice said, far too pleasantly A politician’s voice It was Guy Coffer hiressed "What can I help you with?"

"Nothing at all, Es were handled yesterday I had no idea Sharon was going to let you go Of course, I leave staff matters to her, but if I’d known" His voice trailed off, because they both knew that even if he’d known, he wouldn’t have done anything

"That’s very kind, sir," E pity on him He wasn’t a bad man He simply lacked certain essential anatos fell out I’ve written a letter of reference for you, and I’ve recoht be best if you pick the letter up personally, however I wouldn’t want it to get ular office mail"

Which meant if Sharon saw it, she’d drop it in the shredder so fast she’d lose a finger doing it Emma considered the situation She really needed that letter, and she still had her ID, since she’d never bothered to drop it off when she left She could rab the letter and be back here in no tiested Ehtest chance Sharon would be around, so there was no risk of a confrontation on that front

Elanced over her shoulder to where Duncan slept in perfect stillness, perfect vulnerability Someone had tried to kill hiht that this house was better suited to va the place during daylight, as there’d been at the old house She frowned thoughtfully Jackson Hissong would be around soo with her up to Coffer’s office and back

But Duncan wouldn’t like it And he’d be right

"I appreciate that, Congressman," she told Coffer "But I’ht now It’ll take et there, and then into the office I can’t ask you to wait that long"