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He wasn’t a kid anyuts

He was glad Marie was there That both of his friends were there Was very glad for their coether Just like always

Glad that he didn’t have to spend time alone with Gabrielle while he was so tired

What he needed was a few hours supine in his new master suite Which, while not as roomy as any he’d had before, had turned out quite nicely after he’d had three rooms—two beds and a bath—joined as one

“What do you make of that one offshore account?” he asked Gabrielle, as they sat at his solid cherry dining roo as they ate “Why wasn’t it deleted with the rest of theht Marie up-to-date regarding the case

“According to Gwen Menard, the FBI’s theory is that they got there with their warrant before whoever was doing the erasing had a chance to finish, so that one account was still there for the FBI to find”

Made sense But the girls hadn’t brought food up for a business meeti

ng “You and Gwen are getting pretty tight, huh?” he asked in his attempt to not talk business

“She’s willing to share infor as I do the same with her”

“But you can’t, really, can you? If you were to find so that would incriminate me, you can’t pass it on to her”

“Correct, but I can share anything else we find With your perranted I had your peret e needed”

“I gave you carte blanche You know that”

Marie tapped her knife on the table “Hello! Did you two forget we’re all friends here? What’s with all this ‘correct’ and ‘your permission, of course’? Since when do we talk like that?”

“Sorry,” they both said at once Liam looked at Gabi Her head was bent Which was just as well For a second there he’d forgotten that Marie was at the table An unforgivably selfish act on his part She was as ood , had been Marie’s idea

A particularly loud thump, squeal, hiss and buuilt They spent the next couple ofon the elevator all week It was still slow Still jerked to a halt on so system was next on the list