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Not who loved whom

“I’m on my way to the jail now,” she told Marie While Gabrielle would have liked to hang up to concentrate on the hour ahead of her and the legalities involved in getting her client out of jail before dinner, Marie, as understandably wound up, needed to talk

Gabrielle told Marie about heron the news about it She hadn’t Which meant it hadn’t yet made national news

With any luck, it wouldn’t

“Grace has been fretting most of the day,” Marie said next “She’s bothered by all of the reporters Several of them are”

“I’ll bet Janice thinks the whole thing’s exciting,” Gabrielle said, cal on the three of them to keep the after you close the s

hop,” she suggested “Just let everyone knohat’s going on and about the security coo without hassle or fear”

“I had Sa this ,” Marie told her And Gabrielle knew she should have thought of it

Marie counted on her to be Threefold’s legal advisor And thatto look as she represented Lia else

Like keeping her head about her as she took on media representatives ere out to use the Connelly misfortune to their own benefit

Lia her Not just herher thoughts

That had to stop

HE SAW THE gorgeous wo in the lobby of the police station first The two-inch heels clicked prettily as she walked, drawing his attention His gaze traveled fros, a black skirt and a tailored jacket with bow-shaped silk buttons at the waist, and the police station, the afternoon faded away for that split second He was hi interest in a woman he’d yet to meet

“I’et here”

At first he recognized the voice as if he was in a fog Recognized the heels walking toward hih he’d known already