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Detective White eEd to expand that closet Who knew it could hold so much?

After the police read Roz her rights and took her away, I sat in the kitchen with Mr Greeley I couldn’t believe the whole thing While he downed Ed’s Scotch, I sipped herb tea with honey

“Thank goodness that’s over,” I said, feeling like a deflating balloon

“It appears you’re in the clear” He cocked an eyebrow “Roz doesn’t strike me as the sort to have taken the fall for you Say, per a prearranged financial incentive?”

“But she did fall, Mr Greeley She fell when you knocked her down”

He laughed in the mirthless way he had when I first s You’re really not that innocent are you?”

I thought about how often Roz said that I could winwith them I decided to test her theory I raised a hand to my breast and batted my eyes It felt silly and frivolous, but I did it anyhow

“Really, Mr Greeley,” I said, in a breathy voice “I may not be that innocent, but I’m not the Devil”

I waited for his laugh He suess you are, are you?”

Golly, I thought Roz was right

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Least Wanted

CHAPTER ONE

Shanae Jackson breezed into my office like she owned the place Not even a knock or word of greeting Pint-sized and wiry, in jeans and a plain orange T-shirt, Shanae projected an attitude to compensate for her lack of stature

Her daughter, Tina, trailed behind her Though she was quite tall for a 13-year-old—taller by a couple of inches than her ht carried too an reading a book, while Shanae took the other seat and glared at me