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The reality of her put his lustful is to shame She stood in her office doorith her arms crossed underneath her breasts Her stance pushed those touchable tits together and upward The sun’s rays shining froh her dress

Aspirin wasn’t going to fix what ailed him

“I’ood” He clenched and released his hands in a failed effort to get his blood rushing in a different direction A bit bowlegged, he walked into Claire’s office

She sat down behind her desk and powered up her laptop Jake looked around for a place to sit She’d covered alerabbed a pile of ently placed them on the floor and sat down

He had no idea what to do now He never figured she’d actually let him inside the restaurant

Claire cleared her throat “Tell me about the phone and flash drive”

Well, that explained why she let him in

Jake searched for the right words to start his story The conversation with Burlington last night hadn’t been pleasant, but it had been productive He’d convinced the privileged prick he would cooperate, but demanded to know the story behind the phone and flash drive Burlington had agreed

Claire’s chocolate-brown eyes didn’t waver “Tell et the hell out”

He scooted his chair closer to her desk and lowered his voice to a confidential tone “Charles Burlington, Kendall’s dad, adopted her when he and Kendall’s ot married Kendall o years old at the time”

He leaned forward in his chair, swiped her coffee and took a long drink Like him, she drank it black He paid noto her desk

“It seeical father, Frank Darcy, is a two-time loser, con man and meth abuser who’d made contact with her earlier this year He’d talked Kendall into giving hiton thinks Darcy killed Kendall”

“Why would Darcy kill Kendall?”

“Burlington believes Kendall stored the account information needed to access her iving the cash to Darcy or his meth paranoia took over and he killed her for reasons that only make sense to him”

“No doubt the Voice of Doo hard yesterday Could it have been Darcy? He’s in the right age bracket and he’s definitely a meth head”