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open bag of soy chips He settled on the arm of Peabody’s chair “What’s the deal?”

“I don’t know Nadine Furst tagged the lieutenant today, and she was razzed Nadine, I“You don’t see Nadine razzed very often She makes a meet with Dallas—a personal meet It was serious They stashed me across the room, but I could tell And after, Dallas didn’t say a word about it”

“Maybe it was just personal shit”

“No, Nadine’s not going to ask for a meet like that unless there’s trouble” Nadine was her friend, too, and part of Peabody was bruised that she’d been brushed aside “I think it ties to the case Dallas should’ve told me” Peabody crunched on chips “She should trust me”

“Want me to poke around?”

“I can doplays for me”

“Suit yourself, She-Body”

“Just lay off I don’t even knohy I told you It’s just sitting in ut Nadine’s a friend She’s supposed to be a friend”

“You’re jealous”

“Bullshit”

“Yeah, you are” He was beginning to have an inti “Dallas and Nadine are playing without you, so you’re jealous Girl Dynamics one oh one”

She shoved him off the arm of the chair “You’re an asshole”

“And there,” he said as his security bell rang, “is the pizza”

CHAPTER SIX

“Don’t touch anything, and stay out of the way”