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Nancy Lexington strode inside, her coat billowing out around her as she turned to shut the door She whipped around, taking a few steps toward Janet’s desk Her eyes were blazing, and anger emanated from her

Clearly this wasn’t a friendly social visit

“Hello, Nancy,” Janet said carefully Ronald ht be dead, but his wife still commanded some respect in this neck of the woods “What can I do for you?”

“You can tellwith Casey Woods”

Janet’s jaw dropped That news had traveled fast, even for Manhattan Memorial

“Who told you that?” she asked

“Does it matter? It’s true, isn’t it?”

Janet rose from behind her desk At least this way she could address Nancy on equal footing

“Casey Woods and I had a quick lunch together,” she replied “I wanted to learnIs there a problem with that?”

“

There’s a proble with a well-known private investigator”

Janet was starting to get angry “And ould those assumptions be?”

Nancy closed the distance between herself and the desk, placing her palames withabout You knew everything about Ronald—including his extracurricular activities I don’t want that s my children’s ears”

Janet couldn’t keep herself froht? Everyone knew about Ronald’s ‘extracurricular activities’ Half of the hospital’s feer participants As for your children, they’re not kids anymore I’m quite sure they knoho—and what—their father was”

Nancy’s face had reddened “That doesn’t mean they should have their noses rubbed in it So keep your mouth shut and make different friends”