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"Heather, there’s no proof it was poison," Cooper says "The guy could have had a heart attack, for all you know"

"Cooper" I lower aze on me and the fact that Detective Canavan is in Lisa’s office with another officer, interviewing Gavin and Brad Her office is separated from the outer office--where rate Muffy’s given us all strict instructions that if a single word of what’s happened gets out, we’re going to lose our jobs Even though I know Cooper isn’t going to run to the Post hat I’ "A heart attack? Are you kidding uy’s nose like a fountain Just seconds before he was eating cupcakes so for Tania"

"That doesn’tago what syestion Nosebleeds and nausea were two of the froredient in older rat poisons, is both odorless and tasteless I saw an episode of Freaky Eaters about a wo her too, just much more slowly"

"Who the hell," Cooper asks, "eats rat poison on purpose?"

"I don’t know," I say "There was one guy on there who ate his own car ‘When a hobby beco from one of my other favorite shows, " ‘it’s called an addiction That’s when you need an intervention’ "

Cooper is silent for aour cable subscription You watch ay too un in a fanny pack You’re hardly one to talk"

"I do not--what are you--" he sputters "Who told you that?"

"Whatever, Cooper," I say, glancing at Sarah She’s spun her desk chair to face the wall and is speaking in hushed, angry whispers into her phone I assu to Sebastian After the near-death experience we’ve both witnessed, it makes sense that we’d reach out to loved ones It also ht lash out at theh "I know all about it, okay? I knohy you were so hot and bothered about finding your cargo pants I know you lied to uess what? I have secrets too"

"What secrets?" Cooper de you the truth about soures appear in the doorway to the office It’s Mrs Upton and her daughter Cassidy I have to restrain a groan Really? Now?

"I have to go," I say to Cooper "I will speak to you at a later ti up and sraciousness as I canI can do for you?"

"I certainly hope so," Mrs Upton says, steering her daughter by the shoulders into the office first, then plunking her onto the couch across from my desk Cassidy’s expression is mulish, and when her mother releases her shoulders, she collapses onto the couch as if there isn’t a solid bone in her body

Her mother settles herself into the chair next toto overlook it this time, because I’m so terrified of Mrs Upton, but I didn’t ask her to sit down