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“I’m not prejudging anyone implicated in this case. That means you can’t, either,” she said deliberately. “I know what that—” she indicated his Ranger badge “—means to you. My job means just as much to me. If we’re going to work together, we have to start now. No acid comments about the past. We’re solving a murder, not rehashing an incident that was concluded two years ago. What’s over is over. Period.”

His gray eyes narrowed so that they were hidden under his jutting brow and the cream-colored Stetson he slanted at an angle over them. Until he’d seen her again, he hadn’t realized how lonely his life had been for the past two years. He’d made a mess of things. In fact, he was still doing it. She held grudges, too. And he could hardly blame her.

“All right,” Brannon said finally.

“I’ll keep you posted about anything I find, if you’ll return the courtesy.”

“Courtesy.” He turned the word over on his tongue. “There’s a new concept.”

“For you, certainly,” Josette agreed with an unexpected twinkle in her eyes.