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“You think Delaney took the mummy?” Ed asked

“Who else would it be? He wants to stopbefore him”

“He plans to publish the same research?” Ed said

Patricia snorted “Of course not He has another theory entirely You think I would spill my research as pillow talk? Not likely The man was an idiot Great body, full head of hair, but dumb as dirt And before you ask, if Alice did sleep with him, she wouldn’t have shared any secrets either”

Julia groaned again, and Joe rubbed her back some more

The issue wasn’t who told this Marcus guy about the i out what he knew so they could get the da back

“Patricia” Joe was just about out of patience “The guy found out soic One of you must have told him”

“It’s possible we ether last week,” Patricia said “Things got out of hand and we got a little drunk”

“By we, you mean you and Alice?” Ed asked

“All of thesomeone’s new research and it turned into a party” Her eyes stayed firotten a bit carried aith the occasion and shared a little too much with the people ith us”

“In other words, you got drunk and blabbed your plan to a room full of mummy hunters,” Joe said

“Honestly, I can’t remember e blabbed,” Patricia said “I find it difficult to re”

“Was this Marcus guy there?” Joe asked

Patricia nodded

“So basically, you’re telling et back at you” Joe seriously hoped Patricia’s crazy behaviour didn’t run in the family