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Annie was still looking at the place where the silver dollar had been swinging "Cold On the inside Could Agent Savich hold my hand?"

Savich clasped both of her hands between his The three of them were very close now He saw from the corner of his eye that both the Harper parents were staring toward the them under control

"Better now, Annie?"

"Yes," she said in a matter-of-fact voice "I wish Danny could have been ent Savich This wouldn’t have happened if he’d been like Agent Savich, but Danny was an opportunistic jerk"

Now this was interesting, Savich thought He kept stroking her hands, which were beco warmer by the minute

He waited until Dr Hicks nodded to him, then said, "Annie, did you realize Danny was an opportunistic jerk only yesterday, or soent Savich He played a good gaet ; I know he did But he didn’t loveI loved him Can you believe I even did his laundry because he told me he loved the way I folded his clothes? What an idiot"

"What did Danny do to rity?"

"Well, he lied to Eliza, told her he’d done stuff when he really hadn’t, but not that et aith it Then he’d kiss up to her big time because he knew she had real power over his life She could get him fired if she wanted Justice Califano really listened to her, at least that’s what Danny was always telling h? That he lied?"

"Not that he ever told rade school who’d pulled so over on the teacher Eliza was always really nice to me I think I could have been a close friend to her, only there wasn’t time in her life, and I understood that As for Fleurette, I don’t think she knew Danny all that well, but I could be wrong"

"What about Justice Califano? Did he ever catch Danny in a lie that you know of? Catch hi?"

Slowly, Annie shook her head "I don’t knoasn’t part of the inner circle All ht him in a lie, he sure wouldn’t tell me about it, would he? And the fact is, Danny wanted Justice Califano to like hireat recommendation fro Danny would want to do is lie to Justice Califano"