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clue." I chopped the ends off the asparagus one at a time, ignoring the

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persistent, and he

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fumbled his way toward

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een so he could read it. "Ha! See? I told you. It's work. Forty years on duty. Forty! I know what I'm talking about. Unles

d the phone at me instead of crossing the kitchen to pass it off like a normal per

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ve got a hot one, and Peel Regional is scrambling. Bright and Travolta are neck-deep in the Jillian Winters case, a

t Fischer

t Monday. I tried them first, but they didn't answer. Bennet and Horne are out of town workin

ever be a day I wouldn't lose my st

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dishtowel to wipe my hands. Dad hovered, listening in. The retired detect

ight out of his carriage in the bac

nfirm if it was a parental nabbi

ve on this. You'll have to touch base with Sergeant Denver Ikey

. Where am

I'm texting you the

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ips to voicemail every time. Doesn't even ring.

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me p

stairs to the second floor.

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ched in broad dayligh

Jes

off a hanger. They were light weight, fitted, and black. I'd cook un

bed my holster belt, strapped it on, and dug my Sig Sauer P226 from the locked box inside the

as sloppy, but it couldn't be helped. Dad waited by the front door with

ed my badge to my belt, and scanned the living room bef

ure the kitchen gets tidied

ry about dinner." "Nonse

chicken. Take it home. Take m

gestion. "Call me." "

the sandpaper grit of his stubble as

arger while dialing my partner, Eden Gelekar's, number.

abducted infant in Port Credit. Peel called us

the Charger's onboard computer system. Traffic notwithstanding, I was destined