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Оглавление“What I’m about to tell you is for your ears alone. Understand?”
A flicker of confusion crossed Tara’s face, but she nodded.
Zach glanced around to make sure no one was listening in. “My name is Zach Davis.”
She glanced at his hospital badge—Zach Reynolds—and scooted closer to her daughter.
“I’m a cop, working undercover to investigate the deaths you reported.”
“You are?” she said excitedly. “Why didn’t Detective Gray tell me?”
“The fewer people who know, the less likely my cover will be compromised. You are the only one at the hospital who knows why I’m really here.”
“I won’t tell anyone. I promise. In fact, I can help you.”
“I’d appreciate that.” Tara’s inside knowledge could prove invaluable to closing this case quickly.
“Cop,” Tara’s daughter Suzie parroted. With the purple crayon clutched in her chubby fist, she drew a circle on her paper, jabbed dots in the middle and scratched two lines from the bottom. “Dak, cop,” she repeated gleefully.
Zach’s heart sank. This assignment had just gotten a whole lot more complicated.
