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"Piss off, Jack" Brigid set her bag beside her desk and grabbed one of the cloths she kept on the corner to wipe the firing range grime from her skin

Despite how the boys teased her, there was nothing but polite interaction between Brigid and her e, but so far, he’d kept his distance Much as she had expected, Brigid was going to have to earn his trust and confidence When he was around, he was polite, but distant, which was fine by her

"Connor," Declan barked when he saw her, "what did you say the name of that club was? The one near Parliament House?"

"I don’t re like that I only went there once Even when I was using, that place was too rough for ht, but it was there when she said the naht Declan’s eye and nodded to the young hu man looked up with a panicked expression "I--I don’t use--"

He was cut off when Declan put a heavy hand on the back of his neck Beatrice could al his cerebral cortex and opening his mind to the immortal

Declan said, "What is the nao there regularly?"

"No"

"If you wanted a fix, ould you talk to?"

The young ht questions All Murphy’s e

"Sean…" Brigid walked over "Which of the bartenders had the most business? You knohich one had the stuff They always had the irl Shannon, I think She always has the id looked at Declan "That could be all he knows If he’s not a user, he probably wouldn’t know about the harder stuff But it’s a name If she doesn’t have it, she’ll probably knoho does, and theyto talk"

Declan scowled and released the young man Jack walked over from his perch by the television screens and put a hand on the back of Sean’s neck as he walked hiid You’ve got the best contacts at the clubs It’ll be your job" Declan called out to Jack, "Tell Angie I’ll need a new set of hands! Connor, in the et over here You can type for me"

She sat at the desk and followed Declan’s instructions as Jack caan to speak to Tom in a low murmur

Declan barked, "Pay attention This is what I want you to look for…"

Hours later, after her eyes had begun to water fro id walked to the elevator and hit the button for the fourth floor It was close to two in theand she was exhausted

She had to ad where she worked The other part felt like she o, was fine The last thing she needed in Dublin was spare time

Just as the doors were about to close, a sh and a fa wo hoht out But when Eid Connor?" Emily’s mouth spread into a broad, friendly smile and she stepped inside "You have norid was at a loss It was the first time she’d run into any of her old crowd "Emily… hello I--I didn’t know that you--"

"I can’t believe this! I’ht you’d disappeared No one asked questions, of course, but I had to admit I orried when you didn’t co that valed "I don’t know his name, silly Mark said… Well, you knoas I think he was jealous"

Brigid’s mouth dropped open "Who?" She suddenly remembered that her old boyfriend had been with her that fateful night by the Ha’Penny Bridge Inn when Carwyn had discovered her drug use "Carwyn? Mark… he never otten he even met him"

"So…" Emily’s smile turned mischievous "Is that why you disappeared? Ran aith a handsouy and hadn’t told hiht red as she thought about Carwyn at Christmas The wink he’d shot in her direction as he pulled off his shirt irl, and her heart raced thinking of the furious crush she’d entertained fro Then there was their conversation on Christht about

Carwyn Her mind turned too often to the unattainable i like that" She cleared her throat "So, Ehtened her shoulders and faced her old friend, reirl fros Not like Brigid As far as Brigid knew, she’d always toyed around the edges of the scene Sid had been very good at hiding her use from her friends