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"Others?"

"Yes, Tony--friends Harry called I spoke to hi"

All right, so he’d never given theht Why would he? Roach had said it happened when Amber wasn’t home That still didn’t explain her indifference: this was serious "Why aren’t you more upset?"

"I was initially, but now I think you’re responsible"

It was his turn to respond with indignation "Claire, ould I have someone break into your condo?"

"I don’t know, but whoever it was took my laptop The only secret information on there is about you" Claire continued to eat

Tony sat his cup of coffee on the table "Me?"

"Yes, I’ve been trying to reconstruct the information fro up inforrandfather and father It’s on h she’d just told him that she had recipes on her hard drive, not secrets he’d worked diligently to keep buried

"I have nothing to do with this break-in," Tony said "I do, however, think you should consider staying here It is significantly safer"

"Well, Tony, I’arding Nathaniel and Samuel Rawls If you aren’t the person responsible for its disappearance, then perhaps you’d like to learn who has it"

"I’ll doout of hand"

"Well, back to inal question: do you have a car I can take into town for coffee with Sue? I need to call her"

First, her damn detective work and now her brazen pursuit of a subject he didn’t want to broach Tony leaned forward "Claire, are you asking? I’"