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“Kelly?” Wentworth asked

“Wine sounds great,” Kelly said, taking a seat across from Wentworth at the table

A plu at the door rushed in and placed a clean wineglass on the table

“Thank you, Greta,” Wentworth said He dribbled wine into the new glass, then pushed it across the table toward Kelly

“Thanks” She took a s, surprised to find the taste wasn’t sweet like the crap she usually drank She swirled the liquid in the glass like she’d seen on television and took another sip Not bad actually This must be what the wino experts called dry, and no doubtshe’d ever swilled in her life

She lowered the glass and found Wentworth staring at her, along with his lawyer and his son’s shrink

The lawyer cleared his throat “We seem to have a situation here”

“No shit,” Kelly blurted, and iretted her choice of words At least the kid was upstairs snoozing

During an aard silence, Carico helped herself to several slices of cheese and crackers and placed the food on an elegant white plate When she resuaze The shrink narrowed her eyes and nodded, as if she’d arrived at some sort of conclusion

“What do you think, Donna?” Wentworth asked

“The kidnapping ress,” Carico said “That was to be expected”

Wentworth nodded “Is there a possibility he’ll continue to think Officer Jenkins is his mother when he wakes up?”

“I can’t answer that question We’ll have to wait and see”

“Is there any chance he’sthis up, that he knows this woman isn’t his mother?” Wentworth asked

Kelly took a sip of her wine to cover a snort Wentworth was clueless He’d seen Jason’s reactions How could anyone possibly think the little dude was playacting?

“Not fro her head

“Have you ever seen anything like this before?” the lawyer asked