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He used one hand to shove her back when she started to scramble out of bed “It’s Sunday”

“Sunday?” Completely disoriented now, she rubbed her eyes clear “I lost track” She wasn’t on duty, she reardless—

“You needed sleep,” he said, reading herother than caffeine” He reached for the glass on the nightstand and held it out

Eve studied the pale pink liquid dubiously “What is it?”

“Good for you Drink it” To lass to her lips He could have given her the energy booster in pill fors “It’s a little so on We should have it on the market in about six months”

Her eyes narrowed “Experimental?”

“It’s quite safe” He slass aside “Hardly anyone’s died”

“Ha-ha” She sat back again, feeling ao in to Cop Central, do some work on the other cases on my desk”

“You need soue “A day Even an afternoon I’d like you to spend it with me, but even if you spend it alone, you need it”

“I guess I could take a couple of hours” She sat up, linked her arms around his neck “What did you have in mind?”

Grinning, he rolled her back onto the bed This time there was finesse, and there was tenderness

Eve wasn’t surprised to find a pile ofa day of rest decades before Hertransant weasel Morse, another fro her teelini

“You can’t take on their grief, Eve,” Roarke said from behind her

“What?”

“The Metcalfs I can see it in your face”