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He stared at his cell for a short beat, then flipped it open "Yeah?"

Izzy was silent as he spoke She gathered that he was probably talking to Toby, but his one-word answers didn’t give her much information

Finally he snapped the phone shut and rubbed a hand over his five o’clock shadow "Toby wants to knoe can come by in about an hour"

"Is it work related?"

"I don’t think so His cousin--Detective Dennis--is waiting for us" He shook his head as he picked up his fork

She bit back a sigh and took a bite of the casserole If the cops wanted to see theood news

Just great

Jack Dennis paced back and forth the length of his cousin Toby’s sround check on Isabelle Ballantine he couldn’t believe who her fa in Coconut Bay, but she obviously had the et it or leave town She’d caught a killer’s eye and if he could save one wo he could

A shuffling sound made him turn toward the entry Isabelle and Adam stood in the doorway

"Ms Ballantine, thank you for co down here"

She shot her boyfriend a hooded look, then returned his gaze "Just call ency I think he went to the ABC store to pick up so"

She crossed her arms over her chest "So why are we here?"

He pointed at the two folding chairs as he took a seat on Toby’s rolling chair "You guys want to sit?"

She shrugged and the boyfriend shot hi, the othercabinets next to her He’d run Adaround too

Jack was thankful Isabelle had so out for her Mr Marcellus had an iht years with Force Recon in the Marines Six of those were spent in Africa, Afghanistan and places Jack was sure weren’t on his record

The reason Adam was in Coconut Bay was unclear since he owned a security coia As far as Jack could tell, small-time security details weren’t his specialty and he and Izzy didn’t see relationship It was definitelythe atteh, he wasn’t a viable suspect And anything else between them wasn’t his business

"Where’s your partner?" Ada up on a lead…thanks to you"

He returned his gaze to Izzy "I’m sorry I wasn’toff that sketch" After talking to Andrea Barclay, they’d decided to run with the picture They’d faxed it to all otten one hit

Andrew had headed down there with one of the bike cops Jack on the other hand had drawn the short straw and had to co

"So you still haven’t answered the question

Why are we here?" She re-crossed her legs and lifted a dark eyebrow at hi your place so abruptly thisThe reason we left is because we found another victierous and it’s possible you’re his next victi to get someone to patrol the restaurant and around your aparth" He cleared his throat as he tried to for up, but he didn’t knoay around it "As a precaution we ran background checks on both of you I know you’ve had some safety issues in your past so it wouldn’t hurt to hire extra security" He didn’t voice it aloud, but she could certainly afford it And since she could, he couldn’t see a reason for her not to

At his words, her face turned an ashen gray

Shit Maybe he had overstepped his bounds

"Safety issues?" Adam’s eyebrows rose in concern as he shifted to look at her

Instead of looking at her boyfriend, she kept her eyes on Jack as she stood Icy veno If that’s all, I believe we are through here"

Before he could respond, she disappeared fro strides

"What the hell are you talking about?" Adam asked

Jack stood and put his jacket back on

Apparently the boyfriend didn’t knoho she was Or if he did, he obviously didn’t knohat she’d been through as a kid "That’s not up to me to tell you If I were you, I wouldn’t let that wo hi anymore questions He flipped it open and walked out of the office It was his partner