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She see her and twisted around "Hey," she said softly, and he could hear the concern in her voice, the uncertainty

"Hey," he replied, holding up her briefcase "Got your things from the truck" He set it on the hall table and walked toward her, forcing hio slohen he’d never wanted to rush so ive her a chance to let down those dareat," she said "So the truck hadn’t been tampered with?"

"No It was fine" Luke sat down next to her "How are you?"

She wet her pale lips, her face scrubbed free of make up, her hair soft and shiny and freshly washed She’d never looked so beautiful "It wasn’t a rando atte his question

"No," he said si hair behind her ear "It wasn’t"

"You said there was a body, when you called Blake frorabbed our intended attacker and his partner shot him"

Distress furrowed her brow "Who was he?"

"The body disappeared"

She stiffened "Disappeared OhWho did this? Who sent thee Moore? This cartel leader?"

"I don’t think it was Moore," he said "The man has too much to lose by the attention his wife and his divorce attorney dying would lend And frankly, I can’t see the cartel doing it either It brings attention to the judge"

"Maybe they think he’s a problem and want him out of the picture"

"Then they kill hi him arrested makes him talk"

"So then who?"

"I don’t know," he said "So we shouldn’t or thinks we’re close to finding it out Maybe the person Elizabeth called Dragonfly Maybe someone we don’t even know about" He pulled the cover away fros with his "I’ve never been as scared as when I realized I’d left you exposed in the truck with a shooter on the loose I could hardly breathe for fear I’d just hed but without hu well I’ back to look at her "Like you’re my duty?"