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“Thank God you’re here I just found her like this and was going to get help” She o find a phone to call an ambulance”

Everything that had been burning with fury a moment before turned ice cold He ai anywhere”

She blinked as if confused “But she needs help What in the world, Tony?” She took another step backward

“We knoas you We found Sylvie’s laptop”

The bitch clutched her beaded purse close to her chest, her façade slipping a little “Funny, I heard you found it at Anders’s office Right before you killed him”

Refusing to be baited, he checked Sylvie’s pulse while keeping his weapon trained on Rhodes The soers reassured hi Ivy until backup arrived “We found the thumb drive with your sick-ass poetry on it”

All pretense ca down from Rhode’s face “Damn, I wondered where I lost that It must have slipped out of my pocket when I dropped off our dear Sylvie’s laptop” She took two more steps backward “Oh well, I don’t need the poe myself”

“Stay where you are,” he ordered, but a soft cough from Sylvie pulled his attention away for a split second

Ivy took instant advantage, pulling a gun fro aim At Sylvie

Tony’s gun hand wavered slightly

“Looks like we have ourselves a standoff,” she said

“You’ll be dead before you release the trigger,” he growled

“Maybe, but she’ll be dead first,” Ivy said calmly Too calmly The woman was a psycho

He froze in horror, knowing she was right

She knew it, too