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"You see only a sliver of the truth And a lie can tell you more than a partial truth"

Suzanne took a deep breath

"Then tell me all You say you know hisley set the box back down on the bedside table and stepped toward her until he stood so close a whisper couldn’t even slip between the" He raised his hand to her face and caressed the arch of her cheekbone with his fingertips "Trying to know hi with God You rerappled with God and li"

Suzanne nodded slowly

"I’ve been li since the day Adasley pressed a kiss on her face right by her ear

"I can help you But I give nothing away If you want to cross the river Styx, you must pay your coin to Charon"

"I don’t have a lot of money Just a reporter"

"I have more money than I knohat to do with It isn’t your sley’s hand dropped to her neck He pressed his thuhtly into the hollow of her throat "But if you are willing to pay, I a to answer"

Suzanne sed and felt the pressure of his thu to pay? She had no doubt in her mind what form of currency he traded in Apart from Father Stearns, froabout him…his clothes, his sensual mouth, his voice and that accent…in truth, it wasn’t such a terrible price to pay Even without the promise of answers, she would be teood priest in this world," she whispered "But if he--"

"He is a good priest And a good man And I can supply the proof you need of it If that is what you wish"

Finally Suzanne nodded

"Yes, it is"

"Then cosley held out his hand and Suzanne took it with more fear than she’d ever felt on a battlefield He started off and took her out of the bedrooht he’d take her in Father Stearns’s bed or even on the floor, but they see to give you…if you earn it"

They left the house and he guided her around the back where a Rolls Royce waited A beautiful young woman in a chauffeur’s uniforhtly step opened the back door for theretting it