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I dropped his hand and cleared , Reyes was still my number one suspect in an arson case I had to re here anyway?"

He tucked his hand back over his chest "I was just passing by Saw the co it"

"I can see that You want me to leave?"

I did, but only because his presence caused every molecule inhilow of the sun A really sexy sun that wasn’t so much yellow as a dark, sultry bronze Still, I had work to do And a lot of explaining

"You can’t leave now There’s an active investigation going on, in case you’ve forgotten"

"That’s not what I asked"

I looked on as Uncle Bob helped Cookie to a chair "Yes"

"Then say it"

I raiseda defiant pose for hirin spread across his face He eased closer and bent toward me to whisper in my ear, "You have to mean it"

I closed my eyes, tried to stop the flood of lust that rushed between s Our relationship was a lot like underwear in a dryer without a static control sheet One h life, buoyant and carefree The next ere attached at the crotch

Rattled, I said, "You still owe me ahis innocence and getting hiine why

"Yeah, I was hoping we could work that out"

"The interest alone is going to kill you"

"What do you charge?"

"Three hundred eighty-seven percent"