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He laughed, the sound harsh and brittle as he turned back to face her "Talk? About how ourlie? Or about how you planned to take off after leaving the most pathetic note Do you kno insane orry I would have been?"

She cringed at the anger in his words because he was right Wiping her damp palms on her jeans, she took a step toward hi as if she’d struck hihtened He didn’t even want her to touch him and she couldn’t blas to say to him, to explain and make hiht now He was too caught up in his own anger and she didn’t bla happened with Lizzy on her way home from work," Harrison finally said after a ister Her throat tightened as panic set in "Is she okay?"

He nodded, his expression hardening "I’o with hiht be pissed atShe’syou told her a lie too?"

Tears stung her eyes at his angry tone and words She looked away fro herself for the lies she’d lived with

"Fuck," Harrison muttered "Don’t cry, Mara Fuck, fuck, fuck" He shouted the last curse and turned away from her "Come on I have questions and you can answer them on the way or in front of Lizzy and Porter if you want"

Swiping at her eyes, she shoved her hands in her jeans pockets and followed hi rooht in was sitting at the kitchen table eating a sandwich The stocky guy stood when he saw them, but HarrisonI’ the detail outside with us You and the rest of the tea happens, call lance Mara’s way She’d noticed that none of the team had looked at her since they’d arrived Hell, they’d barely glanced at Harrison He wasn’t acting like his noruys, snapping at the this way because of her

After calling one of thehiot into the SUV and she followed suit

The mood in the interior of the vehicle was just as icy as it had been inside their house Her stomach bunched in pain And worry for Lizzy had Mara even tenser than she had been "What happened to Lizzy? Is she hurt?" Oh God, what if Perdue had gotten to her?

"She wasn’t physically hurt There was an incident, but she’s fine and safe with Porter" His words were clipped

She allowed a sh her veins, but before Mara could ask anywere you with theh the vehicle with quiet intensity

She didn’t need hiht years" And she’d loved her job--until her last assignment

"Why’d you leave?"

That was a corunted, but didn’t say anything else as they drove to the high rise Lizzy now lived in with Porter