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“Our deal is that I let your people babysit Bobby in my station, on the condition that you don’t involve them in any other police business”

“Nicky ith Otto andbad happened”

Leduc had shaken his head “You gave your word, Blake, so the deal’s done”

I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, but he was right

“Besides, Blake, ya got three Horsemen of the Apocalypse plus Win here Don’t you think that’s enough firepower?” Again, Leduc was right

The four of us divided and conquered but ended up irlfriends and the supposedly perfect alibi Why a parking lot? Because though eren’t allowed to let any of my St Louis people be actively involved in the case any with any discussion of the case we had at the office The four of us wanted some privacy from Duke and his deputies

We found a tree to the side of the parking lot away froave us privacy to talk Newained, froone out with her the night of theBrianna had said, though Marcy had had to get very drunk to let a stripper do a lap dance for her, so her details were fuzzy at best

“Jocelyn could have left the club and come back multiple times, and Marcy probably wouldn’t have noticed,” Newman said

“So she doesn’t help either way,” Edward said

“Brianna Gibson was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for her night out She remembers more details than I wanted her to share,” I said

“So she vouches for Jocelyn?” Newman said

“For a night out at the strip club, yes”

“Did sheto be her boyfriend instead of her brother?” Newman asked

In ht, Technically he would have been both, but I didn’t say it out loud The situation was creepy enough without belaboring it “No, Jocelyn never told her anything like that because if she had, Brianna would havedetails I think she would have mentioned it”

“Jocelyn told Marcy about a week before the club,” Newman said