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The president is rarely the ia Nolan, I suddenly foundwhere she stood in that hierarchy
"I know your sister flew out to Arizona this weekend I understand she’s due back today What I don’t knohat, precisely, she is doing there" Georgia’s Southern drawl softened every word she said, but there was nothe thread of steel underneath "In the past week, it’s beco for Pierce’s no in a lot of chips on this one I have known thewhat he wants And when he doesn’t get it, well, let us say that thethe surface of the desk "If Ivy is in Arizona looking for information to discredit Pierce, it would be in everyone’s best interest if I were prepared to deal with the fallout Believe me when I say that I can deal with William Keyes if and only if I a on, why Ivy was in Arizona, what Ivy was looking for I felt the pull to tell her what I knew, but resisted
"Your husband asked Ivy to dig for skeletons in Pierce’s closet," I said instead "I’d guess that’s why she’s in Arizona"
"Would you?" Georgia ia repeated "And that’s why she had Major Bharani removed from duty at the White House when she discovered the altercation with his daughter Because she’s thorough"
Georgia didn’t sound skeptical, but I knew suddenly, studying her warh to know that there was so on here
The question was: Did she knohat that so else was?
The president was there when Vivvie’s dad and Judge Pierce ala And the First Lady had said that there wasn’t ton that she didn’t know
"Your sister isn’t the type to ask for help, Tess" Georgia pushed off the desk and began slowly pacing the room, her hands clasped in front of her body, like a bride carrying a bouquet "Our Ivy is, I’ other people’s proble the of truth to it Ivy had swooped into e in an instant, but she’d always shut ia continued, "to know if your sister requires my help now"
If whatever Ivy discovered in Arizona led her somehow to the third party involved in the chief justice’s murder--if that third party was either of the et
But one of those ia Nolan’s husband
"Is it true, what they said in the Post?" I asked Georgia had been pu me for inforetting ready to noia waved away the question with one hand "Peter would hardlyuntil he hears back fro you read, Tess"
"So the reporter’s sources rong?" I asked That wasn’t what she’d said--not exactly--and I knew it
"I’d be willing to bet his source, singular, is nothing e some connections, and quite frankly, Tess, it isn’t worth my time to track it down The reporter is unlikely to reveal his source, and even if he could be persuaded to do so, he would want soia returned to stand directly in front offor nothing"