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The Cove Catherine Coulter 12750K 2023-09-01

"I realized right after ere e as ere I’ to bet he offered me up to Scott as part of a deal between the two of them"

She drew a deep breath "I think e for all those years I protected Noelle I’et Scott to ot to Scott, and Scott did what he was told All revenge

"When I told Scott I wanted a divorce, he told me I was crazy I told him that he could marry my father if he wanted a St John so badly Maybe two days after that, I was in that sanitariuets all scrambled up"

"But he had a lover Perhaps Monica, perhaps Jill Perhaps someone we don’t know at all How quickly were you sure about his affair?"

"About three o of it, but when I found a couple of love notes, unsigned, and two h to try Between that and et out"

"But your father didn’t let you get out"

"No"

"Obviously your father knew everything about your e Scott must have told him immediately when you asked for a divorce for your father to take action so quickly Who knows? Maybe it was Scott’s idea Do you want to call anyone else?"

"No, that leaves just Rita I don’t think I could take it if Rita started on h--much too much, as a matter of fact"

"Okay, no ht?"

"That ork?"

"Certainly We just filled in another piece of the puzzle"