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Lias couldn’t get worsethey did “I get it,” he told his brother-in-law Alec knew the other witness was dead—he had to, Liaht “After it all went down Alec said, ‘She dies, this case dies, too’ That’s pretty much it, isn’t it?”
“Yeah In a nutshell We’ve got other evidence against Vishenko and the conspirators, but nothing like what Caterina has to say And some of the physical evidence needs Caterina to validate where it came from—it’s useless without her
“D’Arcy told me the death of the other witness was the main reason the trial was delayed a day The prosecutionto use this other witness’s grand jury testier alive to testify in person The defense, of course, fought that tooth and nail, citing the defendants’ rights under the Sixth Aainst thee will rule—thegoing our way unless the prosecution can prove the defendants are the ones who killed the witness Of course, everything’s on hold for noith one prosecutor dead and another in intensive care The judge granted the prosecution a one-month continuance”
“What about the ht they’dmore?”
“Holding their own, that’s the last I heard”
“Better than nothing Thanks for checking Keep ”
“Sure thing And, Liambe careful, okay? I don’t want to be the one to tell ht happen”
Lia boy And you should talk You and Keira both There’s no bullet out there with my name on it”
After Cody hung up Lia about what Cody had saidand what he hadn’t Then he glanced over at Cate, atching hiray inside the SUV’s shadowed interior Who was sitting still as a statue in the seat next to him—he’d never knooman who could be as still and silent as she And he wondered exactly what—out of all the things Cody had said—he was going to tell her
But that wasn’t all he ondering Be honest, he told hi what the hell Alec knows that she doesn’t want you to know You’re wondering hooent, obviously educated—ever ended up as a prostitute And knowing that about her, you’re wondering why she acts as if she can’t bear being touched by a man By you
The last one hurt He didn’t knohy, but it did Badly
Chapter 3
A nondescript SUV aiting for the lot Cody had directed Liam to, and it took only a few minutes to make the swap “So ill you do with ency overnight case into the agency’s vehicle and they exchanged keys
“We’ll take good care of it, don’t worry,” thefor you the minute you need it And we’ll deliver it to your doorstep, no charge”
Lia about its roadworthiness given the exterior, and the ency doesn’t like its vehicles to attract attention But it’s got brand-new tires and everything under the hood is new, too, so don’t worry about that And the plates are untraceable”
“Good deal,” Liam said He handed over his cell phone and took the replaceent handed hi else—a zippered case “What’s this?”
“Maintenance kit and aht?”
Liaht The agency was daht need the additional firepower—he was already operating on his spare clip after the firefight thisAnd his own e in his hotel room He took the case in his left hand and shook the other ht “Thanks”
“No probleent added sincerely
They’d driven for tenthe automated voice of the GPS, when Cate suddenly said, “I have nothing withNo purse I don’t even have a toothbrush”