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I looked past him and tried to find Henry, but couldn’t

"I understand you’ve been spending some time in the co stare His eyes were hazel, close in color to my own, but there was an uncanny awareness in the and how you would sleep that night

"Adam volunteered to teach me how to drive" Even as I said the words, I sensed that there was so It was like the two of us were playing chess, except I didn’t know the rules of the gae

Keyes gave a small shake of his head "My son always did have a weakness for your sister"

The song wound down The first couple finished with a flourish, the president dipping his wife The crowd applauded, and then the Nolans melted back into the masses I tried to track them, both of them, my attention temporarily distracted from Adam’s father

Where was Henry?

"Would you favor an oldto leadfor a reply

I tried to resist, but he was polished and smooth, and that hen I realized--Henry’s plan had been to make noise Come here See who approached For the first tione back to his White House source, if so for the person who’d tipped the reporter off about Justice Marquette’s death, they ht not have ended up with the conclusion that it was Henry

The reporter’s appointain to pull away froo"

"I don’t bite," the old h for only me to hear "No matter what your sister may have led you to believe"

This ti not to draw attention to either of us As I slipped into the crowd, a nize hi Bodie’s advice, I searched my memory for a name He’d been the one on the front porch the day the president had coht here?" he asked ht change in the ht It paid to learn na toward the balcony I needed to find Henry He’d been gone for too long There were too ia William Keyes And who kne ? I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the answer to that question

I’din the opposite direction with the saistered her presence an instant before she registered mine She’d reached out instinctively to steady htened aroundhere?" I asked her She hadn’t been present for appetizers or dinner

"What aerously pleasant "What a here?" The second tian to slip frorounded and this was a high-security, invitation-only affair It was a fair question, but all I could think was that I’d lost track of Henry