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Every instinct within her was screa that if she didn’t move, maybe he wouldn’t see her—and eat her alive She was pretty sure she’d react exactly the sary T-Rex

Julia watched her gran’s eyes go wide at the sight of Joe, then she shter”

“You randmother” Two hands landed on Julia’s shoulders and Joe was standing at her back Right against her back “I’m Joe I ith Julia”

Her grandhter, Joe?”

Danger! Abort! Hide! Julia’s inner voice, which was remarkably similar to the robot in Lost in Space, was no help at all

“With all due respect”—Joe’s soft Aran—“that’s between Julia and me”

He leaned into Julia, and she felt his breath whisper against her ear “Later, we’re going to talk about the stunt you pulled at the airport”

With a gentle squeeze of her shoulders, he stepped back Julia couldn’t speak or move She just stood useless and frozen in the middle of the room—painfully aware that her attempt to blend in with her environment and disappear entirely had failed miserably

“This is Eduardo Sanchez,” Joe said to her grand your case”

Julia kept her head down, but peeked up to see a handsoed man in an expensive navy suit He seemed

to jerk backwards when he looked at her, which ave a little shake of his head before turning to her gran with a smile

“Callto the rescue of a grandmother, you weren’t what I had in mind”

Julia alined they’d envisioned a short, round elderly worey hair, who dressed in shapeless beige clothes and sensible shoes Julia looked down at her clothes, dismayed to realise she’d described her own dress sense Yep, she wasn’t going to think about that Patricia Mattheas the exact opposite of a typical granny She eous in the saeous She was tall, y and stylish Even behind bars, her shoulder-length blonde hair was perfectly styled and her face was tastefullyjeans, an eh-heeled boots, she was stunning The few lines on her face did nothing but enhance her beauty The wicked look in her eyes est