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That sent her left eyebrow high "Is that why his wife left him?"

"Yeah That and he’s a hound for pnShe found out, but he bought her off, gave her whatever she wanted in the divorce to keep her trap shut"

So respectful of the scorned wife, Margo thought

West nodded "It’s true Dad ca with hiht, but" He rubbed the back of his neck "Yeah, shit went south when Dan was so cavalier about it"

"He expected lare for Dan "He wanted me to cover his ass if anyone questioned hian said "It’s all out in the open"

Reese looked at West "Unless you have any confessions you’d like to make?"

"Not me, no" West let his arms drop "Not about that, anyway Other stuff but" He shook his head "But Margo and I already cleared the air on that At least, I hope we did" He watched her, waiting for confiro wouldn’t let hiation, and your name will come up"

Dead serious, he told her, "It’s not a proble he truly wasn’t involved? God, she hoped that was true

West waited "Now, about us?"

She believed hi her so damned tired "We’ll work on it"

That seemed to be the per her chin and exaht be, his concern still felt nice "I’m fine" Sirens sounded out front

West put his ar to be far uglier than the first investigation"

"Regrets already?"

"No" He gave her a one-ar "I just want you to know that this time you won’t be alone I’m here and I’ll support you any way I can"

His show of affection got interrupted with a ringing phone Logan pulled out his cell and, with Dan and her father both cuffed, leaned against the counter to answer Margo watched hihtened, and blew out an impatient breath

What now?

As soon as he ended the call Logan strode over to her, took her arm and moved her away from West "That was Karen Ford"

"Dan’s ex-wife?"

He nodded "When Dan denied using his parents’ house, I asked Karen about it I know they’re divorced, but they still share a social circle Karen was more than happy to turn him out She said he’s had ot the place Their friends have talked about it, a feith praise, others saying he’s off the deep end"

So looked over at Dan He sat on the floor, his face bloodied, his shirt torn A defeated man

Reese joined them, but only to hand over his phone "The mayor’s on the line" He leaned closer "I told him all of it, and he wants to talk to you now, before you talk to anyone else"

Please, she thought, not another attempt at a cover-up

But as she walked into the other room to speak privately, she discovered that theNope, he wanted it all handled by the book, resolved once and for all, and for that he wanted her counsel She alh the phone and kiss hio knew she couldn’t be in charge of the investigation Logan was out, too Thanks to her relationship with Dash, who had also been threatened, Logan would be too close It was an easy decision to hand the duty off to Reese But she didn’t delude herself; she and Logan would both be in the thick of it At least this way they had some checks and balances in place

To coned her as te with Dash, her life had been upside down, sideways and confusing as hell And things had just gotten worse Whether or not Dash actually loved her, she supposed she’d find out later It was going to take her at least a few days to get things settled

For now, she’d have to put him--and her entire personal life--on the back burner

Duty called

A LONG BATH hadn’t relaxed her, not enough Dressed in jeans and one of Dash’s T-shirts that he’d left behind, she took her Coke and settled on the couch with Oliver

Soit, first her cell phone rang, and then her landline Margo huddled deeper into her couch, her face hidden in a throw pillow Seven days had gone by--an entire week--and she still hadn’t seen Dash With each day that passed, any relationship with him seemed ain said he loved her But she’d just found out that maybe, justit left herstrangely e, she couldn’t trust in his caring

Now Westfor the first tiive inforation He’d even joined Dan’s ex in verifying Dan had, in fact, been to his parents’ house s or pn os, but his visits had been during the day, not for parties

They’d talked to other visitors who verified that Most who adht it was just that: cheap entertainment, not abduction and rape