09/05/2026 21:27

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A deputy in Cleveland clothing hadshown up in my driveway, complicating a life that already had itsproblems. After Harold had read Darcy and pronounced it my best ever, abest-seller which was also serious, I hesitantly broached the idea oftaking a year off. Not to me, anyway. I knew that, too.

We're not a game, Ki and me. When it wanted you, it called you. Try either Richard Osgood or George Footman, I said. God, my head is spinning.