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“Hey, I’ a book, remember?” Twilly called out to her as she turned her back on him She heard his voice as she pushed her cart down the aisle

She wanted to hide She wanted to disappear

“You’re a key player, Yuki Sorry if you don’t like it, but you’re the star of my whole freakin’ show”

Chapter 65

WE WERE GATHERED on the deck of Rose Cottage, outside of Point Reyes, feeling the blessed night breeze on our cheeks Yuki flipped on the heater for the hot tub, while Claire tossed a giant salad and rill

This ietaas Cindy’s idea She had corralled us in a conference call only hours before, saying, “Since our first attempt at a Women’s Murder Club Annual Getaway Weekend was canceled due to sorab this opportunity to drop everything and go now”

Cindy added that she’d booked the cottage and that she would drive

There was no saying no to Cindy, and for once I was glad to turn the wheel over to her

Yuki and Claire had both slept in the backseat during the drive, and I’d ridden shotgun with Martha inin the wind I listened to Cindy talk over the car’s CD player,blissfully as we neared the ocean

Once we’d arrived at the rose-covered hobbit house with its two snug bedrooe of a forest, we’d slapped each other high fives and dropped our bags on our beds Yuki had left her box of files in her room and come with Martha and me as we took a short run up a ain

And noas ready for a ot back to Rose Cottage, ’s been ringin’ its buttons off, girlfriend Either turn it off or give it to me and I’ll stomp it to death”

I grinned at , saw the number on the caller ID

It was Jacobi

I stabbed the send button, said hello, and heard traffic noise ine sirens

I shouted, “Jacobi Jacobi, what’s up?”