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"And so we had to get new living rooo with the Monet"

Kat stood for ainto that smallof the world where someone would tire of a Monet simply because it clashed with the couch

But perhaps the strangest part was that, to Gregory Wainwright, and indeed to Hale hiht about Hale’s s in her life that the woood" Nick looked at Kat, who couldn’t help but sether?" Nick asked, and just that quickly, Kat wasn’t sether," Kat blurted Instantly, she wished she’d said so clever But it was too late, and she was stuck sounding like a silly girl and a very bad liar--two things she had never been before

"I ether?" he corrected Then he sood to know, too"

Before she could even ponder that statean to echo in the hallway that led to the director’s private office

"Simon?" Kat questioned, but before the boy had even finished his "Just onehappened that Kat had never experienced on any job of any kind

The director and Hale were fast approaching, and to Kat’s surprise, so was Nick

"Stall," she whispered, starting to turn, to think, to work

But just as quickly, Nick was grasping her ar hile diversionary tactic could coht there in the ht there in front of Gregory Wainwright and Hale

She are, faintly, of the two of the to a stop before they could turn the corner--and catch Simon in the act She was certain she heard the director reat deal like "Children kissing in h her earpiece, she heard Angus say, "We’re clear" But the voice Kat most wanted to hear was Hale’s

She pulled away froht as Hale said, perfectly casual, coht, before I can pro, I would really like to hear fro to fear fro to remember the name--"Visily Romani"

Chapter 25

Despite rue solariulish estate because it was fashionable at the titon II, who had built a similar addition to her randmother had ordered the construction of that particular room for two primary reasons: One, she hated to be cold And two, she dearly loved the Henley’s lass-covered foyer

As Kat sat with her crew in the glass-enclosed space that evening, eating soup and sandwiches, discussing all they’d learned, Kat wondered if anyone besides her was impressed with the irony Probably not, she decided

"How’s it co, Simon?" Gabrielle asked

Siizmos and wires that covered the table, took a moment to answer

"We have eyes" He turned the co color and froht

"Mr Wainwright?" a high, feh the air Simon beamed

"And ears"

"Nice work, Simon," Gabrielle said with a kiss on his cheek

"I helped," Ha his cheek in her direction, but Gabrielle wasn’t feeling quite that liberal with her affection

"Mr Wainwright?" The secretary’s voice cah the intercom, and the man on the screen ," Gabrielle said with a laugh

"So what do we need to know about him, Hale?" Kat said "Besides the fact that he likes to doze off in his office"

"He’s a suit He’s concerned with typical suit stuff," Hale said, clearly an expert on the subject "Donations, revenue streashaw boys stopped to listen--"publicity"

Glass surrounded thehout the space, and Kat felt the high that coen and possibility

"Our friend Roht very, very difficult," Hale said with a suessed was as old as the glass dome around them "The official party line is e’ve already heard--a prank, a mistake by the janitorial staff--the usual stuff"

"But unofficially?" Angus asked

Hale nodded "The Henley is spooked"

On the screen, the secretary was entering the office She held a s about a black-tie fund-raiser, a faulty furnace, a new record for attendance, and the annual evaluation of the building’s fire codes And through it all, Gregory Wainwright kept nodding impatiently, desperate to return to his nap

"Scared" Kat started She stood It felt very good to stretch, and as she walked, she asked herself how her father would rob the Henley And then Uncle Eddie And then, finally, her mother But there was only one thief who had ever done what she was trying to undo, so in the end Kat tried to think like Visily Ro it too hard," Kat said, more for her own benefit than anyone else’s "We’re not stealing froan to pace in long strides

"They’re scared," she said, stopping, turning to Hale "Right?"

He nodded slowly and leaned forward, elbows on knees, and soesture reive them reason to be terrified"