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“Brady, where’d you come from?”

“The planet Wonderful”

“No, really”

“I called you back and you’d gone I just wanted to say I’m sorry if I was stiff with you on the phone I had three people in my office”

“Okay It’s okay”

They reached the All-Day Parking lot, and Yuki handed her ticket to the attendant along with a twenty The e with her keys and shut theto his booth

Southern gent that he was, Brady opened the car door for his wife He leaned into the car, kissed her, made sure her scarf wasn’t in the hen he closed the door

“See you later,” he said

She turned on the ignition and the lights and watched him as she drove out of the lot, his pale hair all stirred up by the wind,a halo around his head

God, she was confused

She wished he hadn’t run off that group of wo her he cared

She let out a sigh as she headed home to their empty apartment, the empty chair in front of the TV, the empty spot next to hers in their bed

What good was flihtwear if there was no one home to see it?

CHAPTER 23

I WAS IN the shohen Joe pulled back the curtain, showed ainst his chest, and said, “Millie Cushing?”