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bank.”
    “What about Lucy? Do we need her signature?”
    “Yes. But she’s welcome to come down to the bank later to do that.”
    I inclined my head. “Okay.”
    She pulled a pile of papers out of her narrow attaché case, setting them out across her lap so that I was forced to look at her wide hips as she explained them to me. We went through the papers quickly, her hand brushing mine each time she handed me a paper or a pen. She made sure that she had to hand me something often.
    Rita was the kind of woman I could have easily. No work to get this one into bed. But she was also the kind of woman who didn’t respect herself, making it hard for me to respect her.
    I didn’t want that kind of thing anymore.
    I walked her to the door and she pressed her hand to the center of my chest, moving close, pushing out her full lips so that I couldn’t miss how sexy they were.
    “You and Lucy ever decide to call it quits…you should give me a call.”
    I tilted my head just slightly, my most charming smile shining down on her.
    “I’ll keep that in mind.”
    She reached up and touched my bottom lip. It took everything I had not to recoil.
    “You do that.”
    She walked out, her hips again doing that seductive little wiggle that made it pretty clear what she was hoping to happen if I ever called her.
    Not going to happen.
    I gathered up my things as my cellphone rang again. I assumed it was Dominic, but a glance at the screen told me it wasn’t. Department of Corrections. I groaned, adding that call to the list of things I simply didn’t want to deal with today.
    I rushed out of there with only one thing on my mind. Finding Sam.
     
     
    The small office was crowded with Dominic, Megan, and me inside. Megan was beaming, clearly pleased with the phone call she was currently taking.
    “Yes, sir,” she said firmly. “I’m glad we could come through for you.”
    A minute later, she set the phone back in its cradle.
    “Well, Rita O’Neal no longer works for that particular bank. And they plan to take our evidence to the DA to see if they can prosecute her for falsifying financial information.”
    “Awesome,” Dominic said, knocking me in the arm with his shoulder.
    “Yeah, that’s great.”
    Megan’s eyebrows rose as she studied me. “What’s up, Hayden? This is one for the victory column. Not only did you get the perp, but the president of the bank has asked that we come down and take a look at their security set up. This could potentially be a big deal for us.”
    “Always glad to be of use to you, Megan.”
    She smiled. “That’s the Hayden I know.” She reached behind her and grabbed a bottle of sparkling cider. “Not as good as the real thing, but since we’ve got a full day ahead of us, I thought this would have to do for now.”
    “Shouldn’t Sam be here for this?” I asked. “She was an important part of the sting.”
    Megan tensed a little, nearly spilling some of the cider. “She had a meeting this morning.”
    “What kind of meeting?”
    She looked up. “The personal kind.”
    Obviously, I wasn’t supposed to ask anything more, so I didn’t. We shared the bottle, toasting to our success, then Megan kicked us out, demanding that we get to work on our reports.
    “What do you think is going on with Sam and Megan?” Dominic asked.
    “What do you mean?”
    Dominic shrugged. “They took a week off together last week and they’re headed to New York next week. And there’s all this whispering…do you think they’re working on Peter’s case without us?”
    “I doubt it. It’s probably just about the holidays.”
    “True. I keep forgetting they’re coming up, but then I go home and it looks like a Christmas elf exploded all over my little apartment. Christmas is a thing for Amy.”
    “Yeah? Are you going up to Denton to spend the holiday with her parents?”
    “Probably. What about you? Going home, too?”
    If I had a home to go to.
    “Probably.”
    I sat at one of the desks in the