Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (40 page)

“
I
s
Gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r
w
it
h
i
n
h
i
s
s
t
ud
y
?
”
H
a
nn
a
h
a
sk
e
d.
She
w
atc
h
e
d
M
r
s.
H
a
y
e
s
nod,
but
t
h
e
n
t
he
wo
m
a
n
e
s
ca
p
e
d
i
n
t
o
t
he
k
itc
h
e
n.
H
a
nn
a
h
s
t
ood
al
one
w
it
h
i
n
t
he
f
o
y
e
r.

H
a
nn
a
h
p
ace
d
t
he
fo
y
e
r
,
j
u
m
p
i
ng
b
ac
k
w
h
e
n
t
he
s
t
u
d
y
door
op
e
n
e
d.
H
e
r
gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r
eme
rg
e
d
from
t
he
room
w
it
h
a
s
m
a
l
l
group
of
Br
iti
sh
r
e
d
c
o
at
s.
H
a
nn
a
h
s
w
all
ow
e
d, hop
i
ng
a
g
ai
nst
al
l
hope
t
h
a
t
he
d
i
dn’t
no
tic
e
h
e
r
a
ppr
e
h
e
ns
i
on
of
t
h
ei
r
pr
e
s
e
n
ce
.
H
i
s
e
xpr
e
ss
i
on
sour
e
d
a
s
he
ca
ught
s
i
ght
of
h
e
r
w
aiti
ng.
She
i
gnor
e
d
t
he
g
e
s
t
ur
e
.
“
Are
we
t
o go
no
w
?
”

“
Y
ou
a
r
e
n't
go
i
ng
a
n
y
w
h
e
r
e
,
H
a
nn
a
h.
I’m
not
s
a
y
i
ng
t
h
i
s
m
ore
t
h
a
n
on
ce
.
I
don't w
a
nt
y
o
u
out
i
n
t
h
i
s
for
a
ny
r
ea
son.
Is
t
h
a
t
und
e
r
s
t
ood
?
”
he
a
d
m
on
i
sh
e
d
h
e
r.

She
d
i
sr
e
g
a
rd
e
d
t
he
o
t
h
e
rs
pr
e
s
e
n
t
.
She
p
lea
d
e
d,
“
But
Gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r....”
She
p
a
us
e
d. He
shot
h
e
r
a
l
ook
t
h
a
t
she
c
o
m
pr
e
h
e
n
d
e
d
w
ell
.
She
s
i
d
e
s
te
pp
e
d
a
nd
le
t
al
l
p
a
s
s.

A
y
o
ung
h
a
ndso
m
e
lie
u
te
n
a
nt
g
la
n
ce
d
b
ac
k
ov
e
r
h
i
s
shou
l
d
e
r,
g
i
v
i
ng
h
e
r
a
s
m
al
l nod.
She
i
gnor
e
d
h
i
m
,.
R
ea
son
d
i
dn't
p
l
a
y
w
el
l
w
it
h
h
e
r
i
ns
ti
n
ct
s
t
o
run.
She
h
a
d
a
n
i
ns
ti
n
cti
v
e
n
ee
d
t
o
lea
ve
t
h
i
s
hous
e
,
a
n
ov
e
r
wh
e
l
m
i
ng s
e
n
s
ati
on
of
i
m
p
e
nd
i
ng
doo
m
.

She
d
i
dn't
kn
o
w
how
l
ong
she
s
t
ood
s
ta
r
i
ng
a
t
t
he door,
but
she
c
ou
l
d
s
ta
nd
i
t
no
l
ong
e
r,
gr
a
bb
e
d
h
e
r
cl
o
a
k
a
nd
w
it
hout
one
w
ord
t
o
a
n
y
o
n
e
,
w
al
k
e
d
out
t
he
front
door.

T
he
s
ti
ff
ai
r
gr
eete
d
H
a
nn
a
h
a
s
she
v
e
n
t
ur
e
d
for
t
h.
L
og
i
c
p
la
y
e
d
no
p
a
rt
i
n
h
e
r d
eci
s
i
on,
on
l
y
h
e
r
urge
t
o
lea
v
e
.

She
w
al
k
e
d.

She
w
al
k
e
d
by
h
e
r
c
hur
c
h,
w
h
ic
h
s
til
l
s
t
ood
un
t
ou
c
h
e
d,
but
t
he
fur
t
h
e
r
she
w
al
k
e
d,
t
he
m
ore
d
e
s
t
ru
cti
on
s
he
d
i
s
c
ov
e
r
e
d.
Bus
i
n
e
ss
e
s
h
a
d
b
ee
n
r
i
o
te
d.
M
e
n
r
a
n
i
n
t
o
bu
il
d
i
ngs
a
nd
r
et
urn
e
d
w
it
h
a
r
m
s
fu
l
l
of
m
e
r
c
h
a
n
d
i
s
e
.
On
t
he
n
e
xt
s
t
r
ee
t
a
s
m
al
l
b
a
nd
of
Br
iti
sh so
l
d
ie
rs
c
h
a
s
e
d
t
he
r
i
o
te
rs.
She
w
al
k
e
d
by
t
he
B
ee
k
m
a
n
m
a
ns
i
on,
wh
ic
h
l
a
y
n
ea
r
t
he
Ea
st R
i
v
e
r
on
M
a
nh
atta
n.