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"What’s going on?" Braden asked as we approached the you At least it seeood look at his face He had a hat pulled down pretty low and never looked directly at us," Adah, and he seee height, average weight, average"

"We ca at and he turned part-way around andat where ere sitting," Mark added "He started walking off really fast We tried to stay with hi we can do about it right now," Braden said "I’ll tell the police about it on Monday and I’ll pass along what Felicity said, too, for what it’s worth" I saw hiae band is probably still playing," Adao check it out Wasn’t there a violinist you wanted to see though, Braden?"

"Yeah, there was Should we ood," Mark said Braden took my hand to lead me off in the other direction

We walked for about five minutes until we reached a shts that were twinkling in the rapidly darkening night A lone violinist stood at one end playing Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata while two couples danced to the sweet ro ended and then he squeezed my hand and asked me if I would dance the next one with him We went up the stairs as the other two couples descended It was getting late and I knew this would likely be the last song

Braden took ently and san to play Clair de Lune and we started to dance Feeling him leadwhile lights twinkled around us and the moon shone overhead seemed like a moment that couldn’t possibly be more romantic I knew that I would remember this dance for the rest of my life At that moment no anonymous letter writer, conspiracy nut, kinky politician, or naked drunk driver mattered It was like Braden and that violinist and I were alone in the universe As the last few notes faded we slowly stopped dancing I was about to turn to leave when Braden got down on one knee Oh my God! I would definitely remember this dance for the rest of my life! I held my breath as I looked down into his eyes

"Gabrielle, will you marry me?" he asked softly

"Yes, I will," I answered with tears inI had ever seen on to er It was a square-cut center stone on a band eht like the city lights that I loved

CHAPTER TWELVE

AUGUST

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

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"Yeah, he’s lance atthat this was a lovers’ spat turned into criminal case, which was probably why Ada Red up there

"What do youlike he could care less