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over her shoulder, waiting for the moment when the Voice of Doouts to the investigators, she’d have to find the phone and flash drive If juries wanted motives, she’d find one There was no way this psycho would stroll out of jail ever again

An antsy she could shake itched its way up her spine and she paced around Hank’s office as she chewed her botto out in the craators finished talking with her They’d introduced themselves as Strunk and White, no first naht as the first-shift deputies were heading home for dinner

The walls of Hank’s office closed in on her as she et out of here Waiting and worrying washer nuts

She grabbed Hank’s coffee cup and hustled out the door The fluorescent bulbs, sizzling above the hallway’s Arry headache Her sto Maybe she could snag a donut in the break room

Anything would do, but the apprehensive little girl inside her cried for cona stuffed withmade with chocolate Unfortunately, she’d have to placate her hunger with the vending machine’s heart-attack-in-a-plastic-sack food

Hank’s oversized “I Heart Nebraska Football” cup quivered in her hand as she strode down the hall Already, she’d had four cups of strong coffee Caffeine ran through her veins faster than a rabid dog chasing a squirrel Still, she jonesed for more The joys of addiction

She half hoped and half dreaded running into Jake in the hall She hadn’t seen hi

“My name is Frank Darcy and I want to call my attorney”

That voice Every hair on her body stood at attention Frank Darcy? Burlington had told the truth about Kendall’s biological father

Appetite forgotten, she jerked to a stop Where was he? If she could listen in on the interview, she wouldn’t have to wait on Hank for the answers A quick glance around confirht, there would be hell to pay, but it would be worth it

To her left, a door stood ajar She tiptoed over and stood with her back flat against the wall Craning her neck, she caught a glimpse inside the video room Hank and two deputies crowded around a black-and-white TV watching the closed-circuit feed froation room

“Look, Barney Fife, I said I want to call my lawyer Give me a phone Now”

Small speakers attached to the TV added static to Darcy’s cynical tone Hearing hie sent a cold blast of fury across Claire’s skin

Thejerk slouched back in his chair and disators with a turn of his head Strunk and White sat across a narrow table from him An unopened case file filled the space between the two sides

He looked as if he didn’t have a care in the world The EMTs oodto prison for murder, it didn’t show on his face