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“Whatever you think,” he began, struggling for his own coht now, it’saround him, he pulled her outside “Where’s your car?”

She gestured down the block and let him propel her down the sidewalk “I don’t knohat your problem is”

“It seems to be you Do you kno you looked?” he de in that place with your eyes closed, shadows under theer He shoved her into the passenger seat and rounded the car to take the driver’s position hi code?”

Fascinated with the whiplash temper, she shifted to key it in herself With the lock released, he pressed the starter and pulled away from the curb

“I was trying to relax,” Eve said carefully

“You don’t kno,” he shot back “You’ve packed it in, but you haven’t gotten rid of it You’re walking a real straight line, Eve, but it’s a damn thin one”

“That’s what I’m trained to do”

“You don’t knohat you’re up against this time”

Her fingers curled into a fist at her side “And you do”

He was silent for ahis own emotions “We’ll talk about it later”

“I like now better I went to see Elizabeth Barrister yesterday”

“I know” Calmer, he adjusted to the jerky rhythm of her car “You’re cold Turn up the heater”

“It’s busted Why didn’t you tell me that she’d asked you to meet Sharon, to talk to her?”

“Because Beth asked me in confidence”

“What’s your relationship with Elizabeth Barrister?”