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Patrick scanned the place It was das, all chro parquet floors, serious artwork on the walls This postdivorce apartment must have cost Madeline a pretty penny

Then again, she’d been eon He had to be rolling in money From the preliinal home—the one she’d shared with Conrad on East Seventy-Second and York—was a multimillion-dollar duplex, so this apartment was small potatoes in comparison

Still, compared to Patrick’s modest home in Hoboken, New Jersey, this was a showplace

Having assessed the foyer, the dining rooaze settled on the cocoa-brown leather sofa near the wall of panora “I can look around myself I’ll fire questions as I need to”

“Thank you,” Madeline said, erly across the hall

Watching her slow, unsteady progress, Patrick changed his mind and opted to take her ar roo her over to the couch He stood there until she’d settled herself on the cushions and covered herself with a han

“Can I get you so?” he asked “Coffee? Soup?”

Madeline smiled “You’re an excellent host, especially since I’ you those questions”

A return smile “I’m not the one with the concussion and broken ribs Plus, I’ wizard, but I can certainly heat up a can of soup”

“I have no doubt But honestly, I’raciously declined his offer “Thank you, though It’s nice to know there are still soentlemen out there Your wife is a lucky woman”

Patrick chuckled “There are tie you on that” As he spoke, he surveyed the roo on specific areas of interest

Madeline followed the line of his scrutiny “You’re eager to get started Go ahead”

Nodding, Patrick noted that the apart spaces where electronic equip and rearranging since the break-in I need to know not only as taken, but where et a handle on that, I’ll get started looking for what the intruder wanted”

“Okay” Madeline nodded, her ar the room “As you can see from the hollow spaces, all ourmy,” she corrected herself, “electronic equipment was taken—a fifty-inch flat-screen TV, audio components, DVD player—you name it The DVDs on the shelves had collapsed all over the floor, thanks to the fact that the intruders stole the statues that were holding the statues and DVDs in the master bedroom The kitchen draere emptied onto the floor The credenza and the vitrine in the dining room were rifled”

“Did they take the silverware in the kitchen? Or any china or collectibles that were in the dining room?”