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He shrugged “I haven’t heard it yet, but it’s Julia”

“Aye” Calluave a wry smile “That woman ever cottons on to just how smart she is, we’ll all be in trouble”

“Yeah” Joe s on it”

Callum felt a stab in the vicinity of his heart and dismissed it as quickly as it happened Jealously Loneliness He had no room in his life for either

“You’re gone on her,” he said, soive himself over like that

Joe cocked an eyebrow, his s like silly wee lassies?”

Callu his head in sha up on ive a crap about your personal life”

“That’s more like it” Joe slapped hio hear what Julia’s come up with”

They left the rooether

“Elle and I had a chat on the plane ride from La Paz,” Julia said as she looked at her teammates Her friends

They were scattered around the furniture in the living area of the suite her grand It was a small space, but they made it work Thehis way through theand everyone was conscious of Patricia, sedated and sleeping upstairs

“Ah, this is why you two had your heads together for ht,” Ryan said “I wondered”

“Don’t let him distract you, babe,” Joe said

Ryan wasn’t the one as distracting her Joe was sprawled in an ars stretched out in front of him and his arms folded over his impossibly muscled chest A flash of how those ue, rin There were times when she was sure he could read her mind

“Anyway,” she said to the rest of the rooht we needed a backup plan in case there wasn’t any treasure Or in case we couldn’t find it”