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“Not exactly I think Deidre kind of felt sorry for her Leah is an odd duck Keeps to herself BeyondAnd it figures she’d check on Deidre She’s a worrier”
“Why’s that unusual?”
“Deidre doesn’t havedidn’t have a lot of patience for weakness It’s why she left her husband His drinking got to be too much It’s why she’d have dumped me sooner than later Leah had that wounded-bird kind of vibe She told ht after she htmare”
Night else about Leah?”
“I asked her once what gives with Leah, but she said so about the sins of the past”
“Sins of the past?”
“I know, it makes no sense They only just met But that’s what she said”
“You didn’t press”
“No She had a way of distracting rinned
Alex’s face turned to stone “She strike you as the type that would bend the law?”
“Deidre? I don’t think she’d like it, but if push came to shove, sure, I think she’d do it”
“She ever talk about doing anything shady?”
His spine stiffened, raising him up an inch or two “No She never talked toI need is to be an accessory after the fact”
“All right” Made sense that Deidre wouldn’t tell David about her work, or any off-the-books work Made sense he wouldn’t push, unless he thought the information would be of use
Alex handed David his card “Let ”
“Sure”
Outside, Alex pulled Ray-Ban sunglasses from his breast pocket and put them on Deidre had alluded to sins of the past when Leah’s name was mentioned What the hell did that mean?
Chapter Twelve
Wednesday, January 18, 4 PM
There had been no surgeries today and no afternoon appointo ho around here,” he’d said
She’d volunteered to stay, but he’d insisted she leave, pro her there’d be times in the future when she’d wish for the time off
And so she gathered her purse and slid on her coat Keys in hand, she headed toward her car She’d just reached the car door when she heard the crunch of footsteps Leah reached in her pocket for the Mace she always kept close as she whirled around Alex Morgan didn’t flinch, but his gaze dropped to her hand, as if assessing the threat She eased her thuer
“So how’re you holding up?” He waited for her gaze to meet his
“Alex What’re you doing here? You know Rick picked up Tracker today”
Alex was silent for a moment “I know He texted You always this jumpy?”
She scrah her basket of ready lies “I’m the nervous sort”
Hea skittish animal “You’re relaxed around the animals”
“I understand them It’s always black and white with animals”
“But not with people”
She arched a brow “And you think people are black and white?”
He shook his head “I know they’re not”
She spokeabout her He saw the grays and shadows that swirled around her like a second skin
“I get the impression there’s a lot more to you than meets the eye”
“I can pro”
“You’re not boring” Heso close she could s with cold fresh air
She curled her fingers into fists tight enough to hide her scars “What’re you doing here?”
A hand slid in his pocket, enough to push his jacket back and reveal the badge and gun behind it “I did a little digging on you”
She tightened her hold on her purse strap “That so?”