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“You’ll be more fun”

“How did you take Nadine?” Eve stepped closer, keeping her eyes on his and her hands in sight “You had to be clever”

“I’h credit I just leaked a tip to her about the htened witness anted to speak to her, alone I knew she’d ditch her guard, an aarage Just as simple as that Gave her a dose of a deep tranq, loaded her in her own trunk, and drove off Left her and the car in a little rent space zone way don”

“You were s when he lifted his brows and pressed the knifeher hands up “You kneas co for you How did you know?”

“You think your wrinkled pal Feeney knows everything about cos around that hacker I’ve been keyed in to your system for weeks Every transmission, every plan, every step you took I was always ahead of you, Dallas”

“Yeah, you were ahead of me You don’t want to kill her, Morse You want rief Why don’t you let her go? She’s zoned, anyway Take me on”

He flashed his quick, boyish smile “Why don’t I kill her first, then you?”

Eve lifted a shoulder “I thought you liked a challenge Guess I rong Toas a challenge You had to do a lot of fast talking to get her where you wanted her But Metcalf was nothing”

“Are you serious? She thought I was puss” He bared his teeth, hissed through the weather if she hadn’t had tits, and they were giving herfan, tell her I was going to do a twenty-minute feature on her Just her Told her we had a shot at international satellite, and she bit good”

“So she ht on the patio”

“Yeah, she got herself all slicked up, was all slad I’d found oddamn niche Well, I shut her up”

“You did I guess you were pretty s She can’t even think right now She won’t know you’re paying her back”

“I’ll know Tiht want to stand to the side, Dallas, or you’re going to get blood all over your party dress”

“Wait” She took a step and, feinting to the side and reaching a hand to the small of her back, she whipped out her weapon “Blink, you bastard, and I’ll fry you”

He did blink, several times It seemed to hioing to jerk She’ll be dead before I am”