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That had won hih “Fool around, huh?”

“Sure Work up an appetite for breakfast”

“Don’t want breakfast,” she’d mumbled, just before she’d started to snore “Jus’ want sleep”

Re it, Gray smiled What he wanted was to wake her with a kiss and do so around, but he didn’t have the heart Beside

s… He lifted his ar to ht about now He needed to call his secretary, ask her to pull some case history volumes from the library He wanted to talk to one of his partners, too, a guy as as well-versed in marital law as anybody in New York And, just in case all the legalin the world didn’t do the trick, in to think about those of his clients ould best kno to dissuade a man who didn’t want to be dissuaded

First thing, though, he had to phone Jack Ballard He was surprised Jack had ain, he’d been searching for Dawn, not for a kid Gray wanted to knohere the boy was Hisuneasy He had the feeling that he s up It would be best to locate Dawn’s child, keep some kind of watch on him

Gray sat up, eased to the edge of the bed and turned for one last look at Dawn How different she looked frootten in the back seat of his rental car yesterday The h he knew the briefcase was safe He’d phoned Winslow during the flight to Vegas and the guy he’d paid to drive the car to Flagstaff said he’d already found the briefcase and sure, he’d send it to Gray at the Desert Song, pronto

He collected his clothes, dressed quietly, then made one last detour to the bed How could a man fall in love when he’d never believed love existed? How could it happen in a handful of days? He didn’t know He didn’t care All that mattered was Dawn Once he was sure she was safe, he’d tell her everything She’d be angry but she’d understand…and if she didn’t, he’d take her in his arms and kiss her until she did

He tiptoed into the kitchen and quietly phoned for a taxi “Tell the driver not to blow his horn,” he said “I’ll be waiting outside” Then he found a pencil and piece of paper, scrawled a note and went back to the bedrooht table, and he tucked the note under its paw

Goodbye, sweetheart, it said I’ll see you later

He looked at her for a longher temple Then he smoothed the blanket over her shoulder, made his way quietly to the front door, set the lock, and stepped out into the

Outside, in the shadow cast by the indigo, a dark figure squatted, motionless

Harman was pressed between the shrub and the wall of the house, silent and watchful He’d been there for hours and it pleased his by now or at least a stiffness in theirin the mountains of northern Arizona No deer, no bobcat, no wild critter could outlast hi He kne to become part of the scenery, how to be still as a stone…

How to be as deadly as a rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike

Bile rose in his throat when the door to the house where his wife lived swung open Graham Baron stepped outside, yawned and stretched Harame Now, his nostrils widened as he took in the stink of sex and woht from the whore’s bed