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"Sounds like a good plan" Better they talk when there were no prying eyes or ears and nobody to offer their well-estions on how to run the new venture

Zoe had been out of work for alotten her into trouble in her forirl for a casino owner to whom Elena owed money Within a few hours, she'd realized herbetween Zoe and the casino owner Unfortunately, despite his good looks, the man oozed slime and Zoe's instincts had kicked in In no ti scheating the case— namely Quinn— in a foul mood He'd forced her into protective custody until their investigation was over and they'd had to tell her fa and presumed dead Not Zoe's finest hour

Meanwhile her superiors had been royally ticked that she hadn't coal operation and had suspended her She'd quit instead She hated the rules and restrictions that were part and parcel of government work, so as soon as the case had ended, she'd returned home and settled back into her life, surrounded by her chaotic family All her time in the safe house had made her realize she didn't enjoy her job as much as she should Not when the job was all she had For a while she'd helped her parents in their new spa business venture but playing bookkeeper and receptionist didn't suit her She missed the action and day-to-day surprises on the job

The action had drawn her to the FBI to begin with The training at Quantico and subsequent job had more than filled her need for exciteulations had been part of the package She hoped her new business would give her back the satisfaction of thrills on the job And she looked forward to working for only herself and her partners, planning and i security detail

Once the business was established, she could turn her attention to finding a place of her own Residing with her parents had worked while she'd been on the road on assign home But she'd turn thirty next week and it was past tirow up andafraid of co, any man or any place She didn't like to think of herself as afraid of anything

"We'll talk to to find Ari," Quinn said, interrupting her thoughts

Zoe cleared her throat "Good idea Maybe she can talk Moaets here"

Despite the seriousness of the caseworker's visit, she and Quinn couldn't help but laugh They both found the Costas clan uniquely a Sa happy

Zoe understood how important it was for Sam to feel loved and she had to admit, for all their oddball tendencies, love hat the Costas falanced at the directions supplied by the private investigator and turned right Two more blocks and his search for his runaway sister's child would finally be at an end A bittersweet end after a long, nearly fruitless search

Faith had left hos— but Ryan hadn't been able to begin searching for her until five years later, when he'd turned eighteen By then her trail had turned cold He hadn't given up looking, but Faith had changed her name soout what had happened to her

Only recently had his PI stumbled onto info rmation from a convict who had soht Ryan was still reeling from the painful discovery that his sister had been shot and killed six years ago by a bulleta life sentence Ryan was also floored by the news that Faith had had a child

He glanced down and realized he'd clenched his fists too tightly around the steering wheel, and loosened his grip Thinking of Faith was always difficult More so now that he understood what had happened after she'd run away

Growing up, Ryan had alternated betweenher the freedoing in an elite suburb of Boston , Massachusetts had never matched his sister's wilder personality As his older brother, JT, had alreadyaway had left Ryan as the only child at home His parents had disowned Faith because of her defiance, and Ryan had caught on quickly, always behaving as expected