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“Tell him I’m here, and that I see him now, or down at Cop Central”

“He’s—he’s in a ”

“Now”

“I’ll call through” She swiveled and punched a button for private coies while Eve stood fu

“If you would wait in his office for a an and rose

“I know the way,” Eve snapped, striding across the plush carpet through the towering double doors and into Roarke’s New York sanctum

There had been a time when she would have helped herself to a cup of coffee or wandered over to admire his view from a hundred fifty stories up Today she stood, every nerve quivering with temper And beneath that was fear

The panel on the east wall slid open silently, and he walked through He still wore the dark suit he’d chosen for the ered the button in his pocket that belonged on Eve’s gray jacket

“You were quick,” he said easily “I thought I would finishbefore you came by”

“You think you’re clever,” she shot back “Givingwith Daht in the middle of this”

“Am I?” Unconcerned, he walked to a chair, sat, stretched out his legs “And how is that, Lieutenant?”

“You owned the da fleabag hotel where the wo your hellhole”

“Unlicensed companions in Sector 38?” He smiled a little “Why, I’m shocked”

“Don’t get cute with h, but this is deeper Your statement’s on record”

“Naturally”