Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (42 page)

“
S
o,
Ar
t
hur,
y
ou
w
e
r
e
n't
i
m
pr
e
ss
e
d
w
it
h
t
he
sp
y
's
la
st
words.
My
on
l
y
r
e
g
r
e
t
t
hat
I ha
v
e
but
one
lif
e
t
o
l
ose
f
or
my
c
oun
t
r
y
.
Y
ou
t
h
i
nk
t
h
a
t
we
a
re
go
i
ng
t
o
suppr
e
s
s
our
c
o
l
on
ie
s
qu
ic
k
l
y
w
it
h
t
h
a
t
h
ea
rt
f
el
t
p
a
ss
i
on
for
t
h
ei
r
ca
us
e
.”

H
a
nn
a
h
s
t
ood
up,
t
he
vo
ice
s
t
r
aili
ng
a
w
a
y
.
A
spy
hung!
S
he
h
a
d
s
ee
n
a
c
rowd
a
round
a
r
til
l
e
r
y
p
a
rk
b
y
wh
e
re
H
e
n
r
y
Ru
t
g
e
rs
t
ook
up
r
e
s
i
d
e
n
c
y
.
She
n
ee
d
e
d
no
r
e
m
i
nd
e
r of  wh
a
t
t
h
e
y
d
i
d
t
o
a
ca
p
t
ur
e
d
sp
y
; a
d
i
sgr
ace
ful
d
eat
h
hung
out
for
a
w
a
rn
i
ng
t
o
all
; a w
a
rn
i
ng
t
o
h
e
r
of
t
he
d
a
ng
e
rous
w
ate
rs
she
t
r
ea
d;
t
he
p
o
ss
i
b
l
e
c
ons
e
qu
e
n
ce
s
of
h
e
r
acti
ons.
But
a
dr
a
w
pu
lle
d
h
e
r
t
ow
a
rd
t
he
c
rowd.

T
he
g
all
ows
e
s
ta
b
li
sh
e
d
i
n
front
of
t
he
p
a
rk.
A
m
ong
t
he
c
rowd
of
p
e
op
le
,
she
m
a
de out
a
hood
e
d
for
m
,
wh
ic
h
hung
from
a
s
t
out
a
pp
l
e
t
r
ee
.
B
e
s
i
de
t
he
c
orpse
a
s
i
gnbo
a
rd propp
e
d
up
of
a
n
o
l
d
so
l
d
ie
r
w
it
h
Wa
sh
i
ng
t
on
w
r
itte
n
upon
it
.
She
s
t
ood
fro
ze
n,
not
a
b
l
e
t
o
m
ov
e
.

She
s
ta
r
e
d
a
t
t
he
li
f
ele
ss
bod
y
.
A
r
e
m
i
nd
e
r
i
ns
tea
d
of
wh
a
t
s
he
w
a
s
f
i
gh
ti
ng
for, unqu
e
s
ti
on
e
d
b
elie
f
i
n
t
h
i
s
n
e
w
c
oun
t
r
y
.
H
e
r
f
at
h
e
r
h
a
d
b
elie
v
e
d,
h
e
r
bro
t
h
e
r.
T
h
ei
r d
eat
hs
c
ou
l
dn't
be
forgo
tte
n,
e
v
e
r.
She
t
hought
of
t
he
unqu
e
s
ti
on
e
d
f
ea
r
t
h
e
y
al
l
m
ust h
a
ve
f
ace
d
w
h
e
n
t
he
noose
p
lace
d
a
round
t
h
ei
r
n
ec
k,
ti
gh
te
n
e
d.

Te
pp
e
r's
word
ec
ho
e
d.
“
You
w
il
l
be
n
ee
d
e
d,
m
y
d
ea
r.
M
a
ke
no
mi
s
ta
ke
a
bout
it
. Congr
e
ss
h
a
s
ta
rr
ie
d
t
oo
l
ong
on
t
h
i
s
i
ssu
e
.
Do
n
't
w
a
ne
i
n
y
o
u
r
b
elie
fs for
t
h
e
y
w
il
l
be
te
s
te
d
i
n
t
he
d
a
y
s
t
o
c
o
me
.
You
h
a
ve
a
j
ob
t
o
do.
Don't
l
ose
s
i
ght
of
t
he
ca
us
e
.
Y
our
m
i
ss
i
on
i
s
m
ore
i
m
po
r
ta
nt
t
h
a
n
a
n
y
of
our
p
et
t
y
c
on
ce
rns.
I
h
a
ve
f
ait
h
i
n
y
o
ur
a
b
ili
t
y
.
Put
y
o
u
r
e
m
o
ti
ons
a
s
i
d
e
.
I
kn
o
w
al
l
t
oo
w
el
l
t
h
a
t
t
hose
ca
n
ea
t
a
t
on
e
's
sou
l
.
W
h
a
t
b
ette
r r
e
v
e
nge
t
h
a
n
t
o
b
ea
t
t
h
e
m
a
t
t
h
ei
r
own
g
a
m
e
? You
a
sk
wh
a
t
I
e
xp
ecte
d
out
of
y
o
u
-
i
nfor
mati
on,
m
y
d
ea
r,
i
nfor
m
a
t
i
on
t
h
a
t
w
il
l
br
i
ng
t
he
Br
iti
sh
down.”