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"Do you have a copy of the sketch on you?" Fiona asked

"Of course," he said "I didn’t want to show it tonight, because I didn’t want anyone to go off half-cocked, but it will run in tomorrow’s paper, and they’ll show it on the local newscasts No one at the club had ever seen theit out that he’s under suspicion, just that we’re hoping heis, if he’s a married man, he’ll probably be afraid to come forward, won’t want to admit where he was But, one way or another, someone out there must have seen him And if we find him, with luck he will lead us soht on St Ann’s and took out his phone, then brought up the picture

Fiona stared at it for a long ?" he asked her

She shook her head "No, I’ve never seen him before"

He slid the phone back in his jacket pocket as they started walking again "Before the irls who’d seen hiood likeness of hiht direction," Fiona said

A moment later they had reached her house, which was surrounded by a ten-foot brick wall, with a wrought-iron gate that led to the front walk

She hovered before opening it "Do you want to coh after that wine, we should probably get sonals Did she want hied "It will probably be another hour or so before I wind down"

"Do you only sleep when it’s light?" she asked hiet the chance And, yes, I wear sunglasses, and slather on the sunblock, but in general my ’life’ is as normal as anyone else’s"

She s, just pointing out that we all must be tired"

"Are you tired?"

She looked away frorinned suddenly "Want to watch a --adventure, horror, thriller, you nah a chick flick, you know"

She grinned again, pulled out her key and opened the gate "Please, come in, then"

"Thank you, Miss MacDonald, I believe I will"

He had never been in the MacDonald house, though he had heard it was spectacular

He’d heard right

The front path took thearden to the door, which led up one step to a tile entry There was a srand foyer, which offered two hallways, one to the left and one to the right Straight ahead, a grand stairway led to the second floor

Fiona walked down the hallway to the right

"We’ve basically divided the house," she explained "I’, Shauna is in the center upstairs, and Caitlin has the left wing There’s a huge dining room-slash-ballroom at the back of the first floor, and the kitchen is back there, too, though we all have little kitchenettes of our own There’s a third floor, a little garret, above Shauna’s rooms, so the division of space is about even We live and work together, so we have to give one another a little privacy where we can"

"Nice," he mur room He quickly saw that she liked antiques and eclectic art There was a huge fireplace against the wall, all done in red brick, with a pink marble mantel Books were everywhere, and pictures of her family and New Orleans adorned several of the tables and the s and other anioyles, ornate wands andby thepictures

"The TV’s upstairs, sorry," she said, her words a little aard "Does that make you uncomfortable?"

"Does it make you uncomfortable?" he asked

She hesitated "I don’t think so"

They were caught there together in the soft glow of the few night-lights she’d left burning when she went out, and everything was quiet around them, as if they were alone in the world

He suddenly found hi the truth "Any man in creation would want to be with you anywhere," he said softly

Soft color suffused to her cheeks, but she didn’t blink, and she didn’t turn away