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Refusing to take the card, I let her hand hang in the air "I think, Ms Starr, he’s ed out of her in a hot wave "And you are?"

I couldn’t help it Reyes ht not want me in her crosshairs, but I could handle the likes of a Barbara Walters wannabe any day of the week I didn’t say it gloatingly, but I did make sure to pronounce every syllable with infinite care when I said, "His fiancée"

A soft gasp escaped her and she stepped back After alocks that had fallen over her shoulders and said, "Funny, he didn’t ested we have dinner"

"That’s because he had no intention of having dinner with you, Ms Starr There was no need And aren’t you a little early for dinner?"

"Just tell hi to leave

The eht volatile Reyes was right about her She was nuts

I retrieved hroo in the exact sa tobreakfast She was a saint

"Hey, Cook," I said, nodding an acknowledgrimaced as a jolt of pain seized him I kne he felt A jolt of pain seizedfor me "You will not believe who showed up at Reyes’s door a fewand checked the delicate watch on her wrist "This early?" she asked

"Yep, and it was none other than Sylvia Starr"

"No," she said

"I kid you not She wanted an interview She’s tenacious, I’ll give her that"

"I’ll give her a shiner if she doesn’t stay away froave her a thu about the wetness on the side of my mouth She’d et a napkin

"Have a cup," she said, handingit to the briht now And ulfed your brain?"

"Yes"

"Like a volcano went off and your everything exploded inside your skull?"

My god, she was good "Exactly like that"

"It’s caffeine withdrawal I told you ould happen if you cold-turkeyed it"

I grabbedmy head into an open cabinet door Which did not help at all "What the fk? I thought you were exaggerating"

"Nope You’ll just have to suffer through it But I’ve decided to join you"