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I could argue with hian Lane would still out-talk ht So I decided to switch tactics

"Forget about killing Salina for a second I need you to look into so else for me," I said "Cooper said that someone had stolen several fountains off his property Fountains that had been couy named Henley "

Finn's eyes narrowed "One of Salina's husbands was named Henley Her last husband, as a o "

I nodded "So I'ot him to order the fountains so Cooper wouldn't realize they were really for her He wouldn't have ot her giant bodyguards to steal them, possibly out of spite and so she could thuo to I think there's so on I want to knohat's so important about those fountains "

"I' his cell phone out of the pocket of his suit jacket and hitting some numbers

While he reached out to his contacts, I gathered up the remains of our breakfast I scraped a few leftovers into Rosco's bowl, then put the dirty dishes into the sink Jo-Jo brought her plate over to the counter, and she got out some towels to dry the dishes as I washed them

"I know you're worried about Salina," Jo-Jo said "And Owen too "

I shrugged "I only see this ending one way - with et treatment, or whatever Owen thinks Roslyn told me that Salina was cruel even before her father died, and I think she full-on snapped the night Mab murdered him "

I told Jo-Jo about Fletcher's files and how they had triggered ht

When I finished, she nodded and stared at me with her clear, alh to scar anyone for life Deep down, I think Owen realizes that Salina, or at least the girl he reone But he cared for her once, and he doesn't want to see her dead, even if he knows she's brought it on herself "

"I know, and it's one of the things I love about hi to tear us apart in the end Kincaid asked ed o after Salina herself Now I don't knohat to do "

"It'll be all right, darling," Jo-Joover to patork out the way it's supposed to "

Faint, ot the sense that she wasn't seeing nition Most Air eles that ht take, those events that ht come to pass whether folks wanted them to or not I wondered what Jo-Jo sahen she looked into Owen's future, but I didn't dare ask I didn't want her to tell me I wasn't a part of it

We split up Eva left to go to her classes, Finn went out and about to see what his contacts had to say, and Jo-Jo geared up for a busy day at the salon

Owen droveme into his bed, despite the fact it was after eleven and the day was already turning warm He sat down next to me