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“You know he’s calling someone by now,” Marc commented as they exited the hospital “The question is, who?”

“Sharon Gilding,” Claire supplied “They’re sleeping together She’s using hiery job And he’s an idiot who thinks she’s really into him”

“Sounds right”

Claire gave a shudder “This is one of those times I wish I could wash etheryuck”

A chuckle “Kinky stuff?”

“Let’s drop it I ht puke”

“Okay, then let’s take this in another direction” As he spoke, Marc and Claire veered toward the subway station “I’ree with me that Casper knew about the rumors”

“Definitely”

“And he’s not shutting down because he doesn’t want to air the hospital’s dirty laundry in front ofled around by his dick”

“He is” Claire nodded “The feeling of et what they want at all costs caet a handle on that I’liness If I’d only picked up on pure evil, it would have been easier But this was murkier I’m not sure why”

“Frouilt and deception The question is, was that simply because he’s afraid Bitch Doctor will dump him if he doesn’t deliver her the job she wants? Or was it because he thought ere onto theer than sex and political bullshit” Marc frowned “He’s a guilty uilty So we definitely can’t scratch hi off our list of suspects The motive and the body tells are there”

Claire nodded again, taking longer strides to keep up with Marc

“Anything else in the claircognizant realm?” Marc asked

“As a ot some different kind of harsh vibes fro flashes of a major altercation and a severe threat Whoever setting a sense of Casey—as if she was right between the”