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Alexander took a step toward her, stopped cold, fury pu to murder Grandmother Listen to randmother!"

Veronica’s hands were fists "All your meanness toward Rob, your spite, your pathetic efforts to discredit him in her eyes You shoved him out once before, and you weren’t about to let him back in to threaten your place in the co, too, to keep him quiet before he could tell Venus it was you who hired him"

"That is a daain, he stopped He shook his head, looked around at his family "Do any of you believe I put arsenic in my bathroom for the forensics team to find? Do any of you actually believe I called that cri, paid him to murder Grandmother?" He looked around, saw his words ainstrooain, then I am done I never tried to kill Grandh I have occasionally wanted to strangle her, as I’ in my life

"If Grandmother dies, I will not allow the board of Rase, Rob I will not watch Rasmussen Industries spiral doith you and Father at the hel in my power"

Veronica shouted, "If there is justice, you will be in prison for the rest of your miserable life!"

It was time to step in Savich said, "Rob, everyone knows that Venus is a er she will ain"

"What do you ain, I will tell her what I saw happen between you and Delsey Freestone I will tell her about how Delsey got off the elevator at the Hoover Building on Tuesday and the two of you looked at each other and no one else existed I recognized what passed between you because when I first met Sherlock, I had the same experience As you probably already realize, Delsey’s a live-wire in addition to being the sister of one of ents, and an immensely talented musician

"When Venus meets Delsey, I think she’ll fall in love with her, too Of course none of you have yet met Delsey, but you will I find it curious that you and Delsey ether on Wednesday, and someone tried to murder her on Thursday"

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Marsia slowly rose, looked around at the faent Savich--Dillon--I’et to know each other I’ Mrs Rasmussen will come to appreciate and lovethis Delsey wo her on Tuesday at the Hoover Building When he caain, but there was nothing ency at a job site, ould have spoken more about her I e had I told you on Wednesday when you and Agent Sherlock visited me at my studio that Rob and I haven’t made any certain commitments to each other yet" She drew a deep breath, s "But Rob knows I love him, and I have for months and months And I hope that Rob, despite this woe e have together

"Rob and I have had no secrets fro time now If he’d fallen head over heels in love with this woman, he would have told me Wouldn’t you, Rob?"

"Yes," Rob said, "I would tell you"