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"I don’t knohy I need to know But I have to He…" She stopped speaking and searched for the words, any words, to explain what she felt, what she wanted "I believed in him like I once believed in God I don’t want to believe in either of thesley exhaled heavily as he pulled a booted leg into his chest and draped his arm over it casually

"To believe or not to believe…only you can answer that question for yourself," he said as the Rolls pulled in front of an elegant black-and-white town house "But I can help you on your quest I can point you in the right direction at least Cosley left the car She sht-iron gate and up the stairs

As they hit the third floor, the ly beautiful woman Suzanne had ever seen in her life appeared with a cup of tea in her hand and a ssley with ebony skin, charcoal eyes and a playful sraceful and severe to Suzanne

"Aah…sley said as he saluted the woman on each cheek with a kiss "This is Suzanne Kanter, a reporter friend of mine"

"Bonjour, mademoiselle Tea?" the wosley’s private secretary, asked Like Kingsley, she too spoke with a rich accent But Juliette’s sounded different, nizing the accent A black Haitian wosley really was the sley took a sip of his own tea "She’s merely here for a file"

"Which one, monsieur?" Juliette asked "I’ll fetch it"

"The mistress…her medical file"

Juliette’s dark eyes ide for the barest hint of a second before she composed her face once more into the mask of the perfect submissive secretary

"Oui, monsieur"

While Juliette disappeared into a roosley’s headquarters seemed as if they’d been transported froe black rotary phones on the large art deco desks Wooden filing cabinets, Tiffany laht

"Such a Luddite," Suzanne said, taking it all in

"I’lint in his eyes

Juliette returned with a thick black file folder fastened with a burgundy ribbon Kingsley held it out and Suzanne reached for it, but he pulled it back to his chest

"For you and you only, mademoiselle, I had a dear friend of mine send this to me You will be allowed to keep this file for one day Itin this file can be recorded or photocopied in any way No one but you may look at it I will know if you have disobeyed any of these conditions The consequences for disobedience will be severe Do you understand sley said the words with a conversational air but the threat in them was unmistakable

"Yes, sir," she said "Je co her the file

"Now I’ll have my driver take you hosley followed Not twenty o, he’d been buried inside her body Now he barely spoke to her, although she saw hi her out of the corner of her eyes On the first-floor landing he stopped and gestured for her to go on without hi the file to her chest "I’ll drop this off toht kisses wouldn’t be forthco Suzanne nodded back and headed toward the front door where Kingsley’s chauffeur waited in silence

The chauffeur opened the door

"Madesley called out and Suzanne turned around and looked up at him "One more piece of advice on your quest"