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"Sure," I say, in what I hope sounds like a cool, assured voice, but which I’esture for Cooper to sit down, and curl up inI could have a bottle of whatever it was Mrs Allington had been nipping at all ht…"
No! Because if there are three words in the English language worse than Got a ht…
And now I’ve had all six of theht after the other It isn’t fair!
And what had even happened last night? Nothing! I’d gotten out of the cab Cooper had put ht inside to bed
Okay,
Andhad been about him
But he couldn’t have heard it I played super softly And I never even heard him come in
Oh, why me? WHY ME???
"I think I owe you an explanation" is the next unexpected thing out of his mouth
But wait I owe you an explanation? That doesn’t sound like a prelude to asking y But what on earth does Cooper have to apologize for?
"I ht after we left the ball," he begins "And she said--"
Wait a irl?
"That’s where you went?" I blurt out, before I can stopwith me? Why can’t I be cool and self-assured like…well, like Rachel? Why do I have to be such a co conorant ofto marry me and be the father of my three as yet unborn children and the inspiration formedical career), doesn’t catch on that I’ry because he madeto you before," he says "You know, in case she didn’t have anything to tell e about those girls’ bodies"
I just stare at him Because I can’t believe it Not that his "friend" in the coroner’s office had found soe about Elizabeth’s and Roberta’s bodies But that he’d bothered to consult with her on my behalf in the first place
"B-but," I sta the whole thing up Because of …"
"I do," Cooper says, with a shrug "I ured it wouldn’t hurt to ask"
"And?" I lean forward eagerly "What is it? Drugs? Were they drugged? Because I thought Detective Canavan said no drugs were detected in their systes It’s burns"
I stare at hiarette burns?"
"No," Cooper says "Angie isn’t sure" Angie? Cooper knows soie? Just how had he and Angie ie didn’t sound like the kind of name a medical examiner would have An exotic dancer, maybe But not a doctor…