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She glanced down at his hands, in which he still held the infamous Paradeisos centerpiece Zoe immediately realized what anato her evaporated in favor of a fit of laughter She knew the moment he noticed it, too, because he dropped the centerpiece, a naked Greek god with flowers nestled in his—

"And they call this a family restaurant?" Ryan asked, clearly in shock

"Yep" Daphne replied as she placed their meals on the table " Normal doesn't exist in our fa when Zoe stretched a leg out and blatantly kicked her in the shin

"Right Social worker Got it I'hed as her cousin departed again "Usually she's the hostess, but Gus is out sick, so she's filling in waiting on tables" She poured some syrup over her French toast "So you haven't asked about the break-in"

He placed his fork down and ured you'd fill me in when you were ready I take it you're ready now?"

She shrugged "No tiot to set the alarm when she went for her walk, I'd already left for work and Dad was sleeping without his hearing aids in Sa fro in his bed, she knew soht until he left"

"I didn't realize he was in Sa in his jaw "And you said nothing was taken?"

"That's right I lance everything lookedmore"

"Any chance thisbecause so?"

"Such as?" She batted her eyelashes at him too innocently, she knew

He rolled his eyes "Come on, Zoe You have to know I'm aware that your family hasn't always been on the up-and-up"

"Hey no one's ever been arrested"

"So, they skate the perih the air "That's semantics You even said yourself that you were involved in so, could so that led to today's break-in?"

He'd leaned forward in his seat so she couldn't mistake his serious expression, and his intense stare would brook no jokes or lies

"I don't know" She'd lost her appetite and she pushed her plate away

"I' out the obvious? Don't be After we eat, I need to go take care of soht Talk to Quinn The police Find out as really going on in her own ho him company, until finally he spoke "I'd like to spend tihed "Excuse me Spend time with Saet to know her a little Under the guise of a final interview type of situation"

Zoe shivered, her nerves coe "I don't know…"

"When I look at her, I see my sister, but I don't knoho Sam is as a person"

"And that matters to you" She said it as a definitive statement, not a question