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“It isn’t aboutbreath “I can’t think about it, Roarke I can’t I’ll et aith it With rape andthe children he should have been protecting I won’t let him”

“Didn’t you say to Catherine that the only way to fight back was to tell?”

“I have work to do”

He fought back frustration “I assuton Airport where DeBlass keeps his shuttle”

“Yes” She cliet in the driver’s side “You can drop me at the nearest transport station”

“I’, Eve”

“All right, fine I need to check in”

As he drove down the winding lane, she put in a call to Feeney “I’ve got so hot here,” she said before he could speak “I’ton”

“You’ve got so “Didn’t have to look farther than her final entry, Dallas, logged theof her murder God knohy she took it to the bank Blind luck She had a date at uess who”

“Her grandfather”

Feeney goggled, sputtered “Fuck it, Dallas, how’d you get it?”

Eve closed her eyes briefly “Tell me it’s documented, Feeney Tell me she names him”

“Calls hiranddaddy And she writes pretty cheerfully about the five thousand she charges hi hiy left in dear old Granddad The bastard Five thousand every couple of weeks isn’t such a bad deal I sure as hell give him his money’s worth Not like when I was

a kid and he used me Table’s turned I won’t turn into a dried up prune like poor Aunt Catherine I’h, I’ my diaries to the media Multiple copies It drives the bastard crazy when I threaten to do that Maybe I’ll twist the knife a little tonight Give the senator a good scare Christ, it’s wonderful to have the power to make him squirm after all he’s done to me’ ”

Feeney shook his head “It was a long-tih several entries She earned a nice income from blackmail, and names names and deeds But this puts the senator at her place on the night of her death And that puts his balls in the old nutcracker”