I truly doubted she could clear her name she was involved somehow, some way, I just didn’t know the specifics. We’re here to give you a chance to clear your name,” I lied. “William Steele was found in an abandoned field, stripped and dead. Her eyes widened, and I knew she hadn’t expected me to be so direct. “Did you murder William Steele?” I asked, my voice steady and clear. “I am patient,” she said with a knowing smile. An old trick I’d learned my first year of duty. I wanted Lilla to wonder, even stress, about what I had to say. Then I waited, allowing silence to stretch around us like long fingers of ice. I placed a voice recorder on the desk’s surface and pushed record. “You certainly have my full attention now.” She folded one leg over the other, the action slow and sensual. She hopped off the desk and eased into one of the seats facing me. Dallas stayed beside the entrance, just in case someone tried to enter-or Lilla tried to leave. I refused to have my back to the door, so I claimed the high-backed swivel chair behind the desk. “Excellent choice.” She pushed a small button on a remote control, and the door snapped shut, cutting off all traces of music. The seductress was gone, and in her place was a polite but formal hostess. “Would you like the door open or closed?” she asked. Lilla settled on the edge of the honey oak desk.
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