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Answers, Sara You want answers "Staying I’ress One step into the den is closer to one step out

Theinto focus a few feet down the hallway is exactly what I expect of Mark Rich, rich, and rich in every way An obviously expensive chocolate brown leather couch is fra chairs A fireplace is to the left, and above it a painting I recognize as a Motif Two sculptures are to either side of the fireplace, and I have no doubt they were done by fah to be certain

Mark steps to ly tall and close "Let’s sit"

I walk forward and choose the solitariness the overstuffed chairs allowsthe position of dominance

My throat is ridiculously parched andwildly, afraid of what may be another Pandora’s box

"Yes, Ms McMillan?" he asks when I’ve apparently let too s "I need to knohat caused you and Chris to come to bad terms"

He considers me a moment "What did he tell you?"

"I’d rather hear it from you"

"Why is this important?" His voice is crisp

"It just is"

"That’s not a good enough answer"

Of course not That would be too simple "Was it over Rebecca?"

"Is this about the police investigation?"

"No, it’s not that I" I ale unit but think better of it "She’s just become very personal to me and I came across some of Rebecca’s items, and there were keepsakes from a charity event that she and Chris--"

"They weren’t involved Not even close In fact, she came to dislike him quite a lot"

"I didn’t think they were involved, but whatkid who needed a daddy more than a Master"