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The wistful, almost yearning expression on Ryan’s handsome face as she’d held baby Georgina had confused her.

Then it was back to the coldness in his blue eyes and the hard set to his jaw that she’d grown used to over the past six months as she’d pressed for more to be done in bringing her cousin’s murderer to justice.

“If you hadn’t been here, Meghan, I would have been able to control the situation.”

His saying the words aloud felt like a physical blow. Little Georgina’s life hung in the balance. Because of her. She squeezed her eyes tight. “Please, dear Lord, keep baby Georgina safe. Please let us find her.”

When she opened her eyes, she found Ryan staring at her with an arrested look on his face.

“Why is the missing baby so important to you?” Ryan asked.

An ambulance roared to a halt a few feet away, saving her from answering.

But soon she’d have to tell him.

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