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“I’ll talk to Joe. He’ll probably want to drop it into the nearest toilet.”
“Good choice.” She started down the hall. “And very Joe-like. I should have known it would have to be a joint decision.”
“Always.” She called after her. “What about Richard Cameron? You didn’t mention him.”
“What about him?” Catherine didn’t look back. “He went on ahead to talk to Hu Chang and make sure that Erin was all right. Then I guess that he’ll be on his way again. I’m sure his precious committee is very impatient to get him back on the job. I was an unwelcome distraction to them.”
“But he was a very good friend to you. You’ve got all this warm and fuzzy viewpoint on friendship now. If he was in trouble, would you come if he needed you?”
Catherine stopped and turned around to face her. “Maybe. If he asked me, which he would probably never do. And friendship isn’t what he—well, maybe it is, but it’s much more complicated than— You’re smiling.”
“Yes, I am. I’m curious about Cameron, so I decided I’d probe a bit.”
“Well, you probed.” She gri
Eve watched as Catherine turned and continued down the hall.
* * *
“I’ll always be there for you. Those are nice words, aren’t they, Mama?”
Bo
Eve turned to see Bo
Bo
“I know, I know. I just miss you. Sorry to complain. We managed without you. Santos is dead. Jane is getting well.”
Bo
“Was it hard for you, baby?”
“Oh, yes, but you needed me so badly that I was allowed to come to you and visit.” Her smile deepened. “And it was wonderful, wasn’t it, Mama?”
“Past tense?” She went still. She was sensing something that was making her uneasy. “I don’t like this, Bo
“I think so. I’m a little confused myself. You know I don’t always understand what I’m supposed to do to help you. Most of the time, it’s enough for me to be with you and let the love between us do the work.” She paused. “I think something is going to happen, Mama.”
“Something bad?”
She nodded. “Something bad, and terrible, and scary, and yet there’s a light, too.”
“Well, that’s clear.”
“I just wanted to warn you. Because I don’t know if I’m going to be able to be with you again.”
Eve felt a surge of panic. “No. Why shouldn’t you be able to come? You thought that when we found your body and the man who took you, that you might not be able to come. But it wasn’t true, you still managed to do it.”
“This is different.”
“How?”
Bo
Eve drew a deep, shaky breath. She said unsteadily, “You’re being most unsatisfactory, and I don’t want to waste my time with you worrying if you can’t tell me what’s happening. So just sit there and we’ll talk about things that make us happy until you have to leave me. Okay?”
“Okay.” Bo
I’ll always be there for you.
Not a coincidence that Bo
“No, not a coincidence,” Bo
“A promise?”
Bo
“I’ll remember.” She swallowed to ease the tightness of her throat. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll accept it. I’m not giving you up, baby. We’ve worked this ghost business out to a fine art. So you just go tell all those mysterious entities that think they can keep you from me for no apparent reason that it’s not going to happen.”
“Because you say so.” Bo
“Why not? I know the love goes both ways, and being with me is probably good for you, too.” She smiled into her eyes. “So I don’t intend to let you go. I don’t care what kind of horror story you’re sensing ahead. We’ll make it through together.” Her smile deepened with all the love she was feeling. “Because I’ll always be there for you, too, Bo
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IRIS JOHANSEN is The New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Witness, Live to See Tomorrow, Silencing Eve, Hunting Eve, Taking Eve, Sleep No More, What Doesn’t Kill You, Bo
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