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"Of course," Billy assured hi is locked up, okay?" Shauna said "I’ht," Fiona said

"Good night And don’t worry I’ll er proer pulled out his phone and called David Du Lac, and in moments Billy was on his way out, a happy man

When the house was locked, Fiona said, "I was afraid you weren’t going to let Billy see Abigail"

"I couldn’t stop hi to defer power to me?" she asked

"I never even had to think about it," Jagger said "I kne desperate I was to see you tonight, Fiona And I couldn’t deny Billy"

She walked back into his arms

She wasn’t sure how they made it up to her bedrooainst his, and his hands were on her, drawing her close There were intenseher closer and closer, as if he could pull her underneath his skin and into his very being

Then there were moments when all that was separate and distinct between theenous zones of her body, when his tongue teased And then he thrust into her, and they caency, writhed and arched together with a wild and abandoned need, then cli in, cradling one another as they drifted down to the coolness of the sheets and the air around the up at the ceiling, cradling her against him in the darkness

"I have to find the killer," he said

"We have to find the killer," she told him "I told you that"

He shook his head "Not anyer akened by his cell phone

It was Tony Miro

"Jagger, I think we know the store," Tony said excitedly

Jagger frowned, still trying to blink sleep from his eyes He seldom needed much sleep, but when he did sleep, it was deeply

"The store?" he owns Hey, where are you?"

"On er asked

"Ten-fifteen," Tony told hiroan aloud He’d overslept

"Where are you--that’s the question I’ll be right there"

"Ooh La La," Tony told him

"What?"

"It’s the name of a shop over on Royal Street I’m not a hundred percent certain, butjust come on down here You’ll see what I er leaped out of bed Fiona was still sound asleep Apparently her sisters had decided not to interrupt the two of theood word, because Caitlin certainly wouldn’t cut him any slack She hated the fact that he was in the house

He showered and dressed quickly, and looked down at Fiona

She , the gentle rise and fall of her breasts, the pulse at her throat Her lips were slightly open as she hugged a pillow

Her back was sleek and long, and every inch of her arresting and arousing The golden spill of her hair would have stopped his heart if it still beat He was ridiculously in love

He pressed his lips against the gold of her hair, but she didn’t waken

He slipped out

Afraid that if he waited longer, he would remember the killer’s threat and be afraid to leave her side

The sound of the phone was shattering, but Fiona tried to ignore it She wanted to sleep and dream She wanted to think of the future--of a vacation Ti days on a beach

Mexico, the Caribbean Texas or Florida Anywhereaway

Finally she gave in and answered David Du Lac was on the other end of the line

"Hey," he said tensely

"Hey what?" she asked

"He’s here," David said

"Uer thinks he may be involved in all this somehow, and he wanted to know if he showed up here Well, he’s here"

"Jagger isn’t with me Did you try his phone?" she asked

"Yes I don’t knohy he isn’t answering," David said, sounding worried "I’m not sure what to do"

"David, I’m on my way over," Fiona told him

"Wait! If he’s the killer"

"It’s daytime, I’et hold of Jagger ht," David said, sounding uncertain "No, I’ll try calling hiet over here as quickly as you can I don’t like this"