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Her face took on a cold deterrave will Quebec become an independent socialist nation"

"You want your husband dead for a cause?" he asked skeptically "Has your love turned to such hatred that he has beco to you but a symbol to be eliminated?"

"We never knew love" She took a cigarette fro, Charles' only interest in me was a need for a political asset My fa provided hi polish and style But I've never been anything to Charles except a tool to enhance his public ie"

"Why did you marry him?"

She drew on the cigarette "He said he was going to be Prime Minister someday, and I believed him"

"And then?"

"Too late, I discovered Charles was incapable of affection I once sought a passionate response Now I cringe every time he touches me"

"I watched the news conference at the hospital on television The doctor as interviewed told how your anxiety and concern for Charles touched the hearts of the medical staff"

"Pure theatrics" She laughed "I'ood at it But then I've had ten years of rehearsal"

"Did Charles have anything interesting to say during your visit?"

"Nothing that ical recovery room His ibberish, raked up the past, a memory of an auto accident that killed his mother"

Danielle's lover slid out of bed and stepped into the bathroom "At least he didn't babble away defense secrets"

She inhaled on the cigarette and let the smoke trickle from her nostrils "Maybe he did"

"Go on," he said from the bathroom "I can hear you"

"Charles instructed me to tell you to increase security at James Bay"