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“You sure on’tthe kind of insult that would ordinarily have wrung a sharp retort

“We’d both have to be blind not to see a pair of boulders the size of Godzilla’s balls”

“That’s the first marker You said there were two”

“The second’s a mesa, about half auseful, check once in a while to make sure Dan’s still behind us Otherwise, just shut up and count yourself lucky I let you come with me”

“Don’t push it, O’Connell,” Gray said softly “That’s my woman out there”

“Your wo have you been here? A week?”

“Ten days,” Gray said tightly “And I know her, all right, same as I know that the man she’s married to would as soon make her suffer as breathe”

Keir’s hands tightened on the wheel “As worked out, isn’t it? You turn up Then he turns up, and it’s all one big coincidence”

Gray looked at Keir A muscle knotted in his jaw and he looked back at the road

“It’s no coincidence I was stupid I underestiot that snakes aren’t as s just as deadly”

Keir glanced at Gray There was pain in the man’s voice Okay Maybe he’d cut him some slack

“How about tellingfor Dawn?”

Gray craned his neck, saw the fast- dust cloud that was Dan Coyle’s SUV behind the story”

“And it’s a long drive We’ve got time”

“Yeah Okay” Gray ran the tip of his tongue over his lips “Well, I have an uncle”