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“No, seriously, no problems so far”

“Great Dawnokay?”

“She did just fine A little nervous, but fine She checked the prince in, got all his wives settled, and I figured she ought to take her lunch break a little early, give herself a breather”

“Good idea”

“I told her to have lunch so Sort of escape the pressure cooker for a bit, you know?”

“Makes sense” Keir rapped his knuckles lightly on the desk “Okay, kid If you needell”

Jean shot a look at her watch “You can tell her yourself, if you want to come back in fifteen minutes or so”

“I have aIf you say she’s doing fine, that’s cool”

Jean gave him a thumbs-up “Cool is the word, boss Definitely cool”

Hot was the word Definitely hot

One oh six already, according to the disgustingly cheerful DJ who’d announced the temperature just before Dawn’s car and radio died without warning She’d been in the right hand lane on Las Vegas Boulevard, waiting at a red light When it turned green, she put her foot on the gas, the engine coughed convulsively, and that was that

“No,” she’d said softly, “no, no, no…”

Yes, yes, yes For the past five ine turn over but nothing worked She was stuck with cars piling up behind her, horns blaring, drivers giving her the finger as they swerved around her

Idiots!