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“H rong?”

She twisted her hair tightly around a finger and avoided looking at Jake She jiggled her knee and fuet out of here

“I asked about Kendall’s phone and you went all squirrelly on me What’s the deal?”

She forced her body to be still Jake didn’t look as friendly Now he acted like a dog angling to sneak off with the Thanksgiving turkey

“Oh, nothing Just re deal” She shtly her cheeks ached

“The look on your face says it’s a big deal”

She chewed on her botto that sodeal…for you, Ideal”

She mentally s Even Chris looked at her as if she were so to drink? Suzie here reat iced coffee” Now she babbled

She glanced at Chris, silently beseeching him for help He looked at her like she had two heads Suzie wouldn’t even make eye contact

“I’m okay Now, about Kendall’s phone, do you knohat happened to it?” His tractor-beaaze drew her in

“It’s not here at the restaurant” Ugh, why couldn’t she just shut up?

“How do you know it’s not at the restaurant? Did you look for it? Why would you do that?”

“Uain

He slapped his papers on the bar and leaned away from her “Really? What was it about the phone that made you so curious?”

Her tongue stuck to the roof of her drythat even remotely sounded plausible No way could she tell Jake about the killer’s threats She couldn’t risk her fa her feel about an inch tall She wished he’d start talking again