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Sarah shrugs "Now, in addition to possession and dealing, the Winer boys havewith a couple of the other guys from their frat Daddy Winer has already hired the top crionna beat the rap with you around to testify Oh, and Kie for theainst her…"

"So Kida says, "yeah They all are Even the Winers"

"Good," I say faintly, as ain "That’s es into next week, when the housing freeze lifts"

Everything goes mercifully black for a while--that ain When I openup at Detective Canavan and Reggie

"You," I say to Reggie "You lied to old teeth are gone

"Sorry," he says "It was in the line of duty"

"Brian’s a special agent with the Drug Enforceency, Heather," Detective Canavan explains "He’s been working undercover for nearly a year in the park, trying to figure out where the influx of party drugs on ca from Thanks to your tip about the Winers, Brian was able to direct his people to send in a fellow agent disguised as a maid"--thethe FAT CHICKS GO HOME sign--"and get all the evidence they needed to bust the Winers not just for drug trafficking, but eventually for ie "Brian?"

He shrugs "Reggie sounds more street, you know?"

"Have you ever even been to Jaet any vacation tiht for the mountains I’et a ?"

"Uot you this" He holds up a dark chocolate Dove candy bar "The ice-cream kind would have melted," he explains

I lift my hand--the one with all the IVs in it--and snatch the candy bar away fro pretty cheap with the rewards for valor"

They go away, and I eat my candy bar It’s delicious So delicious that I fall back asleep When I wake up again, Gavin McGoren is leering down at rin "Isn’t this a fine turn of events? For once you’re the one on the gurney, instead of me I have to say, I like it a lot better like this"

"Who let you in here?" I want to know

Gavin shrugs "I’m a fellow patient, not a visitor," he says He turns to show me his cheek where Steve hit him "Seven stitches What do you think? That’ll leave a pretty sweet scar, huh?"

I closeto kill me"

"What are you talkin’ about, woman?" Gavin scoffs "You saved my life"

"I caused you to be kidnapped and beaten," I say, opening ain "Gavin, I--I can’t tell you how sorry I am Really I never should have involved you in any of this"

The red oatee He apparently took the ti in to see n of as about to cohtly befuddled fro

"There’s a way you can enuinely think he’s going to ask for a single with a view of the park