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“Oh Thanks How’s the asshole?”

“Still unconscious” Eve sat back on her heels and took a quick self-inventory She didn’t see any blood, which was no small relief Most of her clothes were still there, which hardly mattered since they were ruined “You know, Peabody, I think Roarke owns this building”

“Then he’s probably going to be pissed Se is a bitch”

“You’re telling odda a party tonight”

“Yeah” Mouth twisted, Peabody tugged on the torn sleeve of her unifor forward to it” Then she swayed, squinted “Dallas, how many pairs of eyes did you have e came in here?”

“One Just one”

“Shit Now you’ve got two I think one of us has a problem” With this, Peabody pitched forward into Eve’s arms

There wasn’t tie and dumped her on the medical technicians, she had a report to relay to the officer in charge of the security team, then she fed the same data to the bomb disposal unit Between reports she harassed the MTs about Peabody’s condition and blocked their attempts to treat her to an injury scan

Roarke was already dressed for the evening when she rushed in the door He cut off his conversation with Tokyo on his palm link, shifted away fro pink and white hibiscus in the foyer

“What the hell happened to you?”

“Don’t ask” She raced past him and hit the stairs at a dead run

She was out of as left of her shirt by the time he came into the bedroom, closed the door “I will ask”

“The bo to sit down and smear whatever was on her slacks onto the furniture, she balanced on one foot and fought off a boot

Roarke took a deep breath “The bomb?”

“Well, a homemade booan to peel off her torn and blackened slacks “Guy hits a CEC two blocks from Cop Central Idiot” She du around to head to the bath, only to come up short when Roarke took her arm