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“Two o out with? I didn’t know about it” And noas jealous?

“You don’t know a lot of things about ave him “He was a cop A detective I met him in court We went out a few times”

“But it didn’t work out” Too bad

“He wanted to get serious, and I’m serious about my work”

She hadn’t been in love with the guy Just like she hadn’t loved any of the other ave him an odd sense of security

Because she was a good woht The kind a man could count on to be true to him The kind he’d want to take home to his parents To raise his family

His thoughts were off-the-wall Out there Aged Chauvinistic Because in reality, there was no hint of old-fashioned faued with the surreal knowledge that at eight o’clock the nexttohimself an only child, born to parents who’d loved and been faithful to each other Putting up with his father’s harsh, autocratic ways had been bearable because he’d been so certain that, at heart, his father was a good man who loved him

And had adored his ive hiambled away his fortune

Whatever He wasn’t a kid anyrown man with his own life It was up to hi it

GABRIELLE HAD GIVEN Missy their itinerary They knehere they were staying Missy had chosen the restaurant for their initial

The plan was to have breakfast and then go on to Missy’s to sort through Walter’s files Liam could keep them or dispose of them Missy just wanted them out of her house

If all ith thetogether before Gabrielle and Lia

Sitting next to Liam in the middle seat of a fairly empty plane to Florida, Gabrielle concentrated on the details of their trip Doing a mental rundown of times Locations Goals

A pretty young flight attendant stopped beside his aisle seat, asking if they wanted anything He ordered theainst hers Brushed hers as he placed her stea-hot cup on the tray table she’d lowered from the seat back in front of her