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“I figured you’d like the, “I’ off your best attributes, honey”

“The nae ju me about fashion”

“Only one of us picked our outfit this ,” Phoebe said with a smile

It was a good sot could see why Radcliff would find her attractive Even in jailhouse clothes, she was a nice-looking woot had no reason to be jealous; Detective Radcliffat the other end of the table hada new husband who made more in a month than Radcliff would in a year At least until someone killed hie

Radcliff believed her cries of innocence, or at least he illing to give her the benefit of the doubt Theevidence was a dress Phoebe owned that was covered in the victim's blood and had been hastily stuffed in their trash can There was also thebutcher’s knife, which the maid sas there when she cleaned the kitchen earlier in the day It was all very circumstantial, but since Tim Masterson had died in the nude with an equally nude woman as not Phoebe, they had motive as well

She’d get a bail hearing on Monday, but that meant she was stuck in jail at least two ot couldn’t help but feel a twinge of envy for the woman whose job description could be summed up nicely as ‘trophy wife’

Before Phoebe could say anything more, Radcliff said, “What part of ‘She’s here to help,’ did you miss?”

“I thought you were helping me”

Radcliff sighed, “This is ”

“By passing irlfriend?”

“I’m a homicide detective; I play for the other team on this one”

“What does that even mean? Isn’t it your job to find the truth? In this case, the truth being I had nothing to do with that horror show that took place in my backyard”

“If it was my case then it would be my job Since it’s not, then my job requires I stay out of the way”

“Even when you had a relationship…”

‘Especially when I had a relationship with the suspect”

“I’ot told her

“But you’re not a cop”

“I used to be though I know the job, but if you don’t want to hire me, that’s your business”

“Hire you? I thoughtthis as a favor to me”

“You want a favor? This is a favor,” Radcliff said to her “I talked to your lawyer, he’s thinking aboutMargot If you’re telling the truth, she’s your best chance”

“You know my laill just pass the expense on to me”