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room along with Griffin.
    “She’s getting through it,” Griffin replied
and then stared at Fletchall meaningfully. “I am sure she is hoping that the
case gets solved quickly so that she can start making sense of the whole
thing.”
    Obviously getting the hint, Fletchall stood
up. “Thanks for the coffee, Trudie. And for the talk. Griffin’s a lucky man.
Not many girlfriends would be so understanding of the amount of time he spends
with Liza.”
    I almost groaned. I could see Griffin
bristle. The last thing I needed was for Griffin to get in an argument with one
of his coworkers. I don’t know why cops seemed to always feel the need to score
points off each other. I blamed the long hours and the lack of sleep.
    Fletchall made his way past Griffin, the
cocky grin on his face seemed to be almost daring Griffin to take a swing. When
the door closed behind Fletchall, Griffin glowered at me.
    “What was he doing here?” he barked.
    “Please tell me you are not angry with me
because the detective in charge of the case of the body that I found yesterday
came to talk to me,” I said with a measure of serenity that I didn’t
necessarily feel.
    I watched as Griffin took in a breath and I
could see him striving to reach a level of calm that wouldn’t provoke either of
us to fly off the handle.
    “I hardly think that it’s appropriate for
him to visit you at your home and have a coffee with you.”
    I could feel my jaw drop. “What are you
talking about? You did it all the time when you were investigating cases. I
couldn’t get rid of you. Everywhere I turned you seemed to be there.”
    “That was different,” Griffin said
defensively.
    “How was it different?”
    “It just was. Anyway, he’s supposed to be
looking for Jolena’s murderer, not chatting you up.”
    “He was not chatting me up. He just had a
couple more questions for me and he was in the neighborhood. Wait a minute, did
you say that Jolena was murdered?” I queried.
    Griffin nodded. “Looks like she was
strangled before she went into the water.”
    “Ramos knows?”
    Griffin nodded.
    “She came here.”
    “What do you mean she came here?”
    “Ramos came to see me.”
    Griffin sat heavily on the couch. “Why on
Earth would she do that?”
    “I don’t think she’s coping as well as
we’re all expecting her to.”
    “What did she say?”
    “She wanted to know how long I’d known
about Jolena cheating. She wanted details.”
    “Oh hell.” Griffin leaned back against the
couch and closed his eyes. “Anything else I need to know?”
    “No, not really.”
    Griffin opened his eyes. “What else,
Trudie? I know there was something else. You really can’t lie worth a damn, can
you?”
    “It doesn’t matter,” I said, feeling
uncomfortable.
    “Sweetheart, tell me.”
    I sat down next to him and curled into his
side. “She blames me for what happened to Jolena. She said that there is death
all around me and it was only a matter of time before someone close to me got
caught up in it.”
    “Oh, sweetheart,” Griffin said as he put an
arm around me. “She’s hurting. She got hit with the double whammy. First,
Jolena gets killed and then she finds out that she was cheating on her. It’s only
natural that she’s going to lash out at someone. You being the one to find
Jolena and the fact you knew about the cheating makes you the most convenient
target.”
    I nodded against his chest.
    “Please tell me that you are not taking
what she said seriously.”
    I sighed heavily. “She’s right. Everywhere
I turn I seem to trip over a body.”
    Griffin stroked his hand down my arm.
“Yeah, but you also help the people who are affected by the death. In most
cases you are precisely the right person to deal with the situation. Maybe
there’s a reason for you being the one to find these bodies.”
    I looked up and arched an eyebrow at him.
“Do you actually believe that or are you just trying to make me feel better?”
    Griffin smiled