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“It’s a flower?”

“Fro bouquet I had it treated”

“A petunia” She found herself sentimentally teary-eyed as she picked it out of the box Siarden The petals felt soft, dewy, and fresh

“It’s a new process one of ing the basic texture I wanted you to have it” He closed a hand over hers “I wanted both of us to have it, so we could be res last”

She raised her eyes to his They had both coht, and survived it They had been drawn together through violence and tragedy, and had overcome it They walked different paths and had found a mutual route

Sos Like love

chapter three

Three weeks hadn’t changed Cop Central The coffee was still poisonous, the noise aboy as still miserable

She was thrilled to be back

The cops in her unit had arranged for aslyly on her ured she had her old pal Feeney, the electronics whiz, to thank for bypassing her code

WELCOME BACK, LIEUTENANT LOVEJOY

Hubba-hubba

Hubba-hubba? She snorted out a laugh Sophomoric humor, maybe, but it made her feel at home

She glanced over theup between the unexpected closing of a case during her bachelor party and her wedding day But she noted the neatly sealed disc, co atop her stack of old work

That would be Peabody’s doing, Eve concluded Sliding the disc into her desk unit, she cursed once and slapped the drive to cure the razzing hiccups it emitted, and saw that the ever-reliable Peabody had indeed written the arrest report, filed it, and logged it