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“What was his name?”
“Why do you care?”
“What was his name?”
“Philip Latimer”
Blue eyes narrowed, and she sensed a shuffling through et together often?”
“We went out for drinks a few times She had me over to her place once or twice I liked Deidre She reached out to ym She was nice”
“You liked her well enough to check up on her when she didn’t show up to the running group”
And so they circled back to the ed each other to be there Deidre didn’t back down froh times”
“Explain”
“There are a couple of gals who run as well as Deidre Several ties Deidre went all out each time She never lost”
His gaze flickered over her fraood runner”
She had been in high school But she’d never fully recovered fro “Nope Not fast at all”
His hands slid frohtened his shoulders a fraction “Do you ever re afraid?”
He liked to switch back and forth, keep her off balance “No Frustrated and angry once or twice but never afraid”
“What upset her?”
“Her divorce That last day we ran, she ht he’d keyed her car”
“You never saw him around?”
She frowned “You keep asking uess that’s part of a cop’s Jedi onna work on me I’ve told you all I know”
Like a striking match, his eyes burned with hu around when you ith her?”
A search of her memory produced a memorable detail “There’s been a black truck at the track a couple of times You think it was him?”
“That black truck was me”
“You? This , that was you?”
“Yes”
“Why?”
“Curious to see ould show after her death”
“Were you in the woods?”
“I was”
Relief collided with anger “Then why ask about ? If you were there, you know I suck”
“You’ve got sand, I’ll give you that”
She wasn’t sure if she should be charmed or pissed by his honesty “You kinda freaked me out”
“You didn’t look freaked out”
“Never let them see you sweat”
A brow cocked “I’ll keep that in mind”
“Have you found anything at the criht you had all the latest in forensics”
“We’re going through all the evidence We’ll find out who did this I promise you that”
He was a e but logic In her erous “Do you knohen her funeral is going to be held?”
“No date set yet”
“The running group wants to be there I want to be there”
“I’ll be in touch with you”
“Right” She fuh her keys until she had the fob in her hand
Alex stood there as she unlocked the door, slid behind the wheel, and started the engine “See you soon”