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I can’t do this with you right now, Ivy

"I thought Adaht be es went, that one was effective

"He’s not," Ivy said immediately

I met her eyes "His brother was"

Ivy froze for aabout," she said finally "It is freaky" I thought she’d stop there, but she didn’t "To" It took her a moment to decide on the word "He was , never stopped feeling He was stubborn and loyal and never once thought about the consequences of anything he did"

"So I get that from hi the words again I get that from him

Ivy reached for me I let her squeeze my shoulder, then turned to the photos tacked to the wall "What’s all this?" Another subject change--this one less successful than the first Ivy’s lack of response pinged on estured to the photos on the wall Judge Pierce Major Bharani Damien Kostas The case was over So as Ivy down here, staring at pictures of these threeto take the photographs fro Ivy up at night "Tellto see that, or ht raph, leaving it pinned to the wall A second later, she started to speak

"After Kostas got word that his son had been pardoned, he letback to thatout He wasn’t a threat He wasn’t ar himself in, so why shoot?" Ivy looked down at her hands "We’re talking trained hostage negotiators, Tess There’s no way they should have taken that shot"

She turned back to the wall To the photographs The judge The doctor The Secret Service agent "Kostas killed Bharani when he becaed on their deal"

I heard what she wasn’t saying and gave life to the question myself "So who killed Kostas?"

Who had fired that shot? A member of the SWAT team, presu aze went to the conference table On it, there was a notebook, and on the notebook, there was a list

Naht back to a conversation I’d had with Henry There was another number on that disposable phone, he’d said That means there is at least one other person involved

At least

I’d thought,for sorandfather or soh It had never occurred to ht be someone else," I said Ivy neither confirmed nor denied those words "Kostas killed Vivvie’s dad because he was beco a liability, but once Kostas’s son was pardoned"

Kostas had told et out of this He’d talked about being honorable

Kostas was a liability, I thought, unable to keep the possibility froent had been shot by an overzealous SWAT agent Or maybe someone on the SWAT team had instructions toalive