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Eve poked into a cold box, found soft drinks, fruit, wine One of the wine bottles had been opened and air sealed, but there was no glass to indicate Cerise had started drinking early And it wasn’t a couple of belts that had put that look in her eyes, Eve mused

In the adjoining bath, complete hirlpool, personal sauna, and mood enhancer tube, she found a cupboard filled with soothers and tranqs and legalized lifters “A big believer in chemical assistance, our Cerise,” she co”

“Jesus, she’s got her own pharmacy The mood tube’s set on concentrationShe didn’t take a spin this ”

“So what does she do to relax?” Eve stepped into an adjoining roo room, she noted, co droid

A lovely, sage-green suit was neatly folded on a s shoes stood on the floor under it Jewelry—a heavy linked gold chain, cos, a slilass bowl

“She undressed in here Why? What was the point?”

“Some people relax better without the confines of clothes,” Peabody said, then flushed when Eve cast a considering glance over her shoulder “I’ve heard”

“Yeah Maybe But it doesn’t suit

her She was a real put-together woman Her assistant told me he’d never even seen her without shoes, and suddenly she’s a closet nudist I don’t think so”

Her gaze landed on the VR goggles on the arm of the sleep chair “Maybe she took a trip after all,” Eve es So she co, and takes a little ride”

Eve sat, picked up the goggles VR goggles, she h and Mathias had taken trips before death as well “I’ to see where she went and when Ah, if I appear to have any suicidal urges after I’m done—or decide I can relax better without the confines of my clothes—you’re ordered to knock me cold”

“Without hesitation, sir”

Eve cocked a brow “But you’re not expected to enjoy it”

“I’ll hate every minute of it,” Peabody promised, and folded her hands

With a weak laugh, Eve slipped the goggles on “Display log,” she ordered “Bull’s-eye She went VR at 8:17 this ”