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Three hours later, she was back in Conash her teeth “She’s got another one somewhere,” Eve insisted “And the diaries are in it”

“Nobody’s stopping you fro for it, Dallas”

“Fine, that’s fine” She whirled around the office as she spoke Energy was pu to do about this?”

She jerked a hand at the file on his desk

“You’ve got the disc I took froht there, commander A blackmail list: names and amounts And Simpson’s name is there, in tidy alphabetical order”

“I can read, Dallas” He resisted the urge to rub at the tension gathering at the base of his skull “The chief isn’t the only person named Simpson in the city, much less the country”

“It’s hi and there was no place to put the stea naovernor, a Catholic bishop, a respected leader of the International Organization of Wo cops, an ex-Vice President—”

“I’m aware of the names,” Whitney interrupted “Are you aware of your position, Dallas, and the consequences?” He held up a hand to silence her “A few neat coluets out of this office, and it’s over You’re finished and so’s the investigation Is that what you want?”

“No, sir”

“You get the diaries, Dallas, find the connection between Sharon DeBlass and Lola Starr, and we’ll see where we go from there”

“Simpson’s dirty” She leaned over the desk “He knew Sharon DeBlass; he was being black he can to underation”

“Then we’ll have to work around him, won’t we?” Whitney put the file in his lock box “No one knoe have in here, Dallas Not even Feeney Is that clear?

“Yes, sir” Knowing she had to be satisfied with that, she started for the door “Commander, I’d like to point out that there’s a name absent from that list Roarke’s not on it”

Whitney met her eyes, nodded “As I said, Dallas I can read”