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Eve sat beside him, took out her recorder “Tell me about Sharon”

“A , of course, but it went deeper” His brandy came into the room on a silent automated cart Sebastian plucked the snifter and took one deep s “She had flawless taste, a generous heart, rapier wit”

He turned the doe eyes on Eve again “I saw her only two days ago”

“Professionally?”

“She had a standing weekly appointment, half day Every other as a full day” He whipped out a butter yellow scarf and dabbed at his eyes “Sharon took care of herself, believed strongly in the presentation of self”

“It would be an asset in her line of work”

“Naturally She only worked to amuse herself Money wasn’t a particular need, with her faround She enjoyed sex”

“With you?”

His artistic face winced, the rosy lips pursing in what could have been a pout or pain “I was her consultant, her confidant, and her friend,” Sebastian said stiffly and draped the scarf with casual flare over his left shoulder “It would have been indiscreet and unprofessional for us to become sexual partners”

“So you weren’t attracted to her, sexually?”

“It was impossible for anyone not to be attracted to her sexually She” He gestured grandly “Exuded sex as others ht exude an expensive perfume My God” He took another shaky sip of brandy “It’s all past tense I can’t believe it Dead Murdered” His gaze shot back to Eve “You said murdered”

“That’s right”

“That neighborhood she lived in,” he said gri to a e and flaunting it all under her family’s aristocratic noses”

“She and her family were at odds?”

“Oh definitely She enjoyed shocking them She was such a free spirit, and they soordinary” He said it in a tone that indicated ordinary was randfather continues to introduce bills that would