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At first I think she&039;s joking But that&039;s not a "gotcha" smile, but a triumphant one

"You can&039;t do that"

She raises an eyebrow "Of course I can Jonathan ure this solves all our probleo back to living the way I did before Jonathan took over"

"You don&039;t think Jonathan will have soer?"

"Jonathan won&039;t have anything to say Now that I kno to silence him temporarily, it&039;s only a matter of time before I learn how to do it per Jonathan banishes you as well?"

"Then I will still have accooal I&039;ll be free"

The unconcerned way she says it makesto share The cagey look in her eyes, though, says grilling her about it is useless

"What do we do now?"

"I think Prendergast should learn about his grandmother where it all happened Do you know The Matchless is in the sa where Leticia had her brothel? She had the whole building then, of course, but the dining room was actually the saloon"

It doesn&039;t hit ht goes on and I stare at her in disbelief "You knew the truth about Jonathan&039;s story?"

The look she shoots me is full of contehts or shield mine froo along with the book idea?"

She waves a hand "Because this has got to stop I can&039;t live like this anymore" She draws a breath "The idea didn&039;t come to me until I ht if I placated Jonathan, maybe he&039;d leave me in peace I&039;d help hiive him the book tour and travel he craved and in return, he&039;d promise to remove hied when you ot better I wasn&039;t crazy about his shooting at me But the restI couldn&039;t have dreaht will be the end of it"

"Tonight?"