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skin there with the back of her hand.
    â€œI saw you leaning against the wall, and then you left so suddenly. I was worried,” she said, voice soft.
    â€œOh, it’s just this damned suit. This thing is way too hot and I had to get some air. No worries.”
    Not swayed, she took his wrist and held it between her fingers for a few seconds. “Your pulse is racing.”
    He mustered a grin. “That’s because of you, gorgeous.”
    Letting go of him, she huffed a laugh. “Right. You never quit, do you?”
    â€œI don’t know the meaning of that word.” He took a deep breath. “In fact, I was wondering if you’d thought about—”
    Just then, Tonio rounded the corner carrying the leftovers of their materials. “Hey, are you—? Oh. Didn’t mean to interrupt.”
    Damn his timing!
    Robyn eyed Tonio, offering him her hand. “Hello, I’m an acquaintance of Chris’s. We’re neighbors.”
    â€œOh?” He shook her hand, glancing between them.
    â€œI’m also a doctor, actually. I know he hasn’t been well, and I was just checking on him.”
    â€œNot feeling well? Is that so?” His partner shot him a pointed look.
    â€œIsn’t there something called a HIPAA law?” he muttered.
    â€œYou’re not my patient,” she shot back. “That makes me simply a concerned friend.”
    â€œFriend?” That perked him up. Now they were getting somewhere.
    Whatever she might have said was cut off as the phone in his jeans buzzed. Stifling a curse, he slipped off the suspenders and dug around in his suit until he snagged the device.
    He glanced at the display and then to Tonio. “It’s Rainey.” Punching the button, he answered. “Hey, Cap.”
    â€œYou two done playing Wonder Dog? I’ve got a ho- micide with your names on it.”
    His adrenaline kicked into overdrive as he fumbled in his pocket for his notepad. “Address?” He scribbled as the captain rattled it off.
    â€œI know you two are backed up, but from all appearances this one started as a burglary. Seems the victim may have surprised the intruder.”
    â€œYou think it’s related to the other break-ins?”
    â€œThat’s what we pay you the big bucks for. Go find out.”
    â€œYes, sir.” Ending the call, he jumped around, kicking off the suit before gathering it. He looked at Robyn with real regret. “I’m sorry, that was our captain. We have to go.”
    â€œOh.” She seemed to deflate a little. “No problem. I’ll talk to you soon?”
    His heart lightened. “I’ll look forward to it.”
    He and Tonio hurried from the building, not bothering to sign out. Once they were in the car and on their way, Chris told him what little he knew.
    â€œWe caught a homicide. It appears the victim surprised an intruder.”
    â€œThat’s why you asked Rainey if it could be related to our burglaries.”
    â€œYeah. It might be a stretch.”
    â€œOr not. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.”
    Tonio followed the directions to the address Chris loaded into the GPS, and soon they were parking in front of a nice home in a newer neighborhood. A couple of uniformed officers were waiting, and had stretched yellow crime scene tape around the perimeter of the yard and driveway.
    One of them was young Officer Jenkins, or “Jenk” around the station, who had had his homicide cherry popped a few weeks earlier when he’d responded to a call at a motel and ended up with a murder victim. That had turned out to be Shane and Taylor’s case, the one that had caused Chris to crash the surveillance van and almost get himself killed.
    Jenk didn’t seem any happier now than he had backthen. “Hey, guys. Brace yourselves, it’s a real fucking mess in there.”
    â€œNever saw a pretty murder,” Tonio said shortly.
    Jenk flushed. “Just