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Rain drizzled outside Kingsley&039;s open French s

Water gurgled forth fro together on his leather couch Our shoulders touched There seey At least, there was a sexual energy in ured out Sara was the shooter," he said

"Three things First, Horton was in constant contact with her, especially in the hours prior to each shooting Second, she contactedfrom work, which I found odd Third, I recalled the picture on her desk, the one taken at the office Halloween party She went as a pirate"

Kingsley smacked his forehead with his palm "The mustache Good Lord, I&039;ve seen that picture a hundred tie of your shooter"

"But why didn&039;t you suspect her earlier? I thought you had so on?"

"I do But it&039;s not an exact science I sensed a lot of anger froer was directed at her failed relationship with you"

"Granted most of my relationships have been failures since the death of my wife, but how did you know about Sara and me?"

"I&039;m an ace detective, remember?"

"Yes, but¨D"

"She hinted at it"

"Okay, yeah, we dated We hit it off initially, but things didn&039;t quite take"

"Ya think?"

We drank so of dating," I said "Danny&039;s secretary dumped him"

"Is that why you can&039;t wipe that smile off your face?"

"It&039;s one of the reasons," I said "Not to mention Horton has admitted Sara approached him with a proposal to kill you and your client He provided the gun and surveillance She did the shooting"

"Then why attack ht, in front of sowas scheduled between security shifts; her getaway truck was parked nearby, the plates re a few blocks ahere they swapped cars The truck was then concealed in a parking garage" I paused and sipped froet dry a He will stand trial as an accessory to sley reached over and gently tookThe rain picked up a little and plinked against the French s

"You did good work," said Kingsley "You orth every penny"

"Of which you still owe et my new secretary I&039;ll have her write you a check" He took lass and walked over to his bar and filled me up From the bar, he said, "I did some research on the medallion"

I perked up "And?"

"Thethe effects of va?" I said, "I don&039;t understand"

"The medallion," he said, "can reverse vaain, Sa about the saht want to keep this on the do"

My head iain To be norsley and there was real pain on his face He was hurting

"What&039;s wrong?" I asked

"Isn&039;t it obvious?" he asked

"You think that if I choose to be mortal""And I wouldn&039;t blame you for one second"

I stood and came to hiain, who ain, even when I was at e, ware, warainst his