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"Our secretaries talk"

"Yesshe got the monkey" What a brilliant idea that had been

The words she’d used in her e replayed in his head and his sain and listened for the forth time Between the flowers, theme quite spoiled Thank you for all of it

"What flowers?"

"Talking to yourself again"

Glen waved his phone in the air "Mary said thanks for the flowers, the ed "And?"

"I didn’t send her flowers or soup" The hair on the nape of his neck stood up

"Maybe Dakota did She’s been sick People send flohen people are sick"

Logical "Wouldn’t Dakota leave a card?"

"I would think"

"Mary thought I’d sent them"

"You’re thefrom an admirer or even a friend without a card, she’d probably believe it was frolanced at his watch "It’s two in the "

He didand the phone went to voice ht No, you’re not the only one I miss you too much I’m not happy to hear about your client, or his wife I’ht the monkey was a stroke of brilliance As for the flowers and soup, I’d love to take credit, but I didn’t send flowers I hope the soup was in a sealed can Da that out loud e Don’t worry about waking me I miss you, Mary"

There were squad cars outside her office building when Mary arrived

"What now?"

She walked into the building to find threeoutside her office door

The door to the financial firm across the hall was open The secretary pointed at Mary as she walked up

"What happened now?"

"Miss Kildare?"

"That’s lass on the floor of her office

"It appears that soht"

She pushed past hilass kept the entirefro, but whoever had done this had made sure they had a couple of handfuls of rocks A half a dozen holes the size of her fist had taken out the floor-to-ceiling s

"We atteh with her forearlanced around the small space, wondered if the property oas responsible for the glass Her pocketbook couldn’t take much more

"One of the rocks had the word bitch on it"