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Hazel looked over at Calluation take? How long would she have to be on high alert?

“I’ll find the killer as fast as I can so you and Evie can have your lives back,” Kerry said

Hazel answered with a slight s else The reassurance didn’t alleviate the fear, and Calluained over the years redoubled

Rejoining Evie, Hazel flashed back to Callum’s reaction when she had asked hi bad It bothered her that he had trouble talking about so personal like that and also made her doubly curious

Again, both she and Callum added what little inforht now her daughter was transfixed by Kerry’s badge

“I’ve booked out one of the two-bedroom suites at the Dales Inn,” Callum said

Hazel looked at him, startled “You meanyou and me and” In one suite? “I can’t afford that”

“I can Don’t worry”

She kind of did worry, but she decided not to argue Keeping Evie safe was most iuard Consider this a professional courtesy No charge” Now he opened his ar

She stared at hi seconds “Oh, I don’t—”

Hazel felt so with a htened her but this was all happening so fast Her routine had been disrupted

“Actually,” Detective Wilder said, re it to Evie, who took it and felt the top, “Until we find Blurge’s killer, I think you should stay at the Dales Inn with Callum”

More than one night? “I don’t—”

“I’ve already offered ain