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"No, Reyes is not suing anyone"

I turned as Reyes entered the roos," Cookie said, sending a worried expression toward Reyes And I had to hand it to her Her gaze dropped to the towel only once Maybe twice "She seemed to know an awful lot about you About what you were like in prison And how you reacted during the trial"

"Really?" I asked, pinning hilare "You ed "All she got out of h He just had to say that He kne I felt about other woot to touch it anytiht of news chick touching those steely buocks did not sit ith Betty White Her right ventricle contracted in a jealous rage

Reyes sucked air in through his teeth when Betty’s reaction hit him That kind of jealousy felt likeacross the skin It was painful and oddly seductive That combined with the towel, and I’d never leavefor that interview," I told hier flared to life inside him At least I knew he hadn’t invited her

"What did you tell her?"

"No," I said, tearing aze away to address Cookie "What kinds of stories? What exactly did she talk about?"

Cookie turned off thenews and put the remote back on the side table "She said that he saved aa lockdown and that he took out three assassins sent to kill hi Whatever that’s called"

"Neil Gossett," I said through clenched teeth, hunting for en pop"

"Deputy Warden Gossett?" Reyes asked me "He would know better"

"No, he should know better" I punched his name into my contacts and pressed the number to his cell Phone Not prison They didn’t have phones in prison cells as far as I knew, not that Neil was actually inside

"Well, if it ain’t Charley Davidson," he said, answering in a most chipper mood If he’d seen the newscast, he had to knohy I was calling

"Hey, Neil," I said, being chipper right back

Cookie leaned in and whispered, "I’ any trouble"

I gave her an incredulous look and pointed to myself in question

"What’s up, sweet cheeks?" Oh, yeah, Neil knew He was being way too nice We’d gone to high school together, and the only time he was nice to me hen he wanted to date my sister, Gemma

"Well, for starters, Reyes and I are affianced And we have a bun in the oven Her name is Beep"

"That’s not a name you hear every day"