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“You like that stuff? Opera?” she asked when he flashed a grin

“Hate it Can you think of anythingin Gerht?”

Eve thought it over “Nope”

“But there you are Tastes vary” His smile faded as he joined her at the little nook under the kitc

hen“I heard about Sharon on the news thissomeone to come by It’s horrible I can’t believe she’s dead”

“You knew her well?”

“We’ve been neighbors ether Now and again, one of our clients would request a trio, and we’d share the business”

“And when it wasn’t business, did you still share?”

“She was a beautiful woman, and she found me attractive” Heto the tinted glass of theas a tourist tram streamed by “If one of us was in the ed” He s in a candy store, after a while you lose your taste for chocolate She was a friend, lieutenant And I was very fond of her”

“Can you tell ht and three AM ?”

His brows shot up If it hadn’t just occurred to him that he could be considered a suspect, he was an excellent actor Then again, Eve thought, people in his line of work had to be

“I ith a client, here She stayed overnight”

“Is that usual?”

“This client prefers that arrangeive you her name if absolutely necessary, but I’d prefer not to At least until I’ve explained the circumstances to her”

“It’syour client here?”