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“She had never spoken to you about the incident before”

“No We had an excellent relationship She knew about the ga, disapproved, but in a mild way She was used to David I don’t think she understood how deeply ere both involved”

“She did,” Roarke corrected “She asked me to cut you both off”

“Ah” Slade sh the door of your place in Vegas II”

“That’s why”

“Why now?” Eve asked “Why have you decided to revise your previous statement?”

“I felt it was closing in on me I kne hurt Mirina would be if she heard it from someone else I needed to tell her It was her decision to contact you”

“Our decision” Mirina reached for his hand again “I can’t bring my mother back, and I knoill affect my father e tell his I have to learn to live with I can do that, if I know that whoever used Randy, and one out there, she would never have gone, but to protect me”

When they were flying west, Eve paced the comfortable cabin “Families” She tucked her thumbs into her back pockets “Do you ever think about them, Roarke?”

“Occasionally” Since she was going to talk, he switched the business news off his personal monitor

“If we follow one theory, Cicely Toent out on that rainy night as aher child’s happiness She was going to fix it Even if she gave Slade the heave-ho, she was going to fix it first”

“That’s e assume is the natural instinct of a parent”

She slanted hilance “We both know better”

“I wouldn’t claim that either of our experiences are the norm, Eve”

“Okay” Thoughtful, she sat on the arm of his chair “So, if it’s norainst any trouble, Towers did exactly as her killer expected He understood her, judged her character well”