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“Mirina,” Whitney said, “come on to my office We’ll talk”

r />“Talk?” She turned on hiold and sleek, teeth bared for blood “How can I talk to you? I trusted you I thought you cared about me, about David, about all of us You’ve let her lock David in a cell And now my father”

“Mirina, Marco came in voluntarily We’ll talk about this I’ll explain it all to you”

“There’s nothing to explain” She turned her back on hi fury at Eve “I went to my father’s house He wanted me to stay in Rome, but I couldn’t Not when every report in the hbor was leeful, to tell me that my father had been taken away by the police”

“I can arrange for you to speak with your father, Ms Angelini,” Eve said coolly “And your brother”

“You’re dae it And now Where is my father?” She used both hands to shove Eve back a pace before Whitney or Slade could stop her “What have you done with him, you bitch!”

“You want to keep your hands off elinis Your father’s in holding, here Your brother’s in the tower at Riker’s You can see your father now If you want to see your brother, you’ll be shuttled over” Her gaze flicked to Whitney, and stung “Or since you’ve got some pull around here, you can probably have him transported to Visitation for an hour”

“I knohat you’re doing” This was no fragile flower now Mirina fairly vibrated with power “You need a scapegoat You need an arrest so that thepolitics, using my brother, even my murdered mother, so that you won’t lose your job”

“Yeah, some cushy job” She se every day so I can keep all the benefits”

“It keeps your face on the screen, doesn’t it?” Mirina tossed her glorious hair “How much publicity have you traded over my mother’s dead body?”

“That’s enough, Mirina” Whitney’s voice lashed like a whip, in one vicious snap “Go to my office and wait” He looked over her shoulder at Slade “Take her out of here”

“Mirina, this is useless,” Slade o now”

“Don’t hold yto pay for the grief you’ve broughtto pay for every bit of it”

She stalked out, giving Slade tiy before he followed after her

Whitney stepped quietly into the silence “You okay?”