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The church choir was rehearsing Haydn’s Te Deum. xx video Then Mandy wanted to know whether I was one hundred percent sure, whether I had cast-iron evidence. Gareth Holmes was big and blond with strong hands and white teeth and impudent eyes. “I really like Ken but we very quickly discovered I’m not the woman he needs. Every few nights I was awakened by the conflict between urges to kill her and hug her. Owners in prison.”
My satisfaction was tempered by regret. I was on cloud nine, a state of chronic elation: I was among friends, I’d completed the investigation for Sergio and tracked the money to its sources, I was in love with Gareth, and at last I’d become Mandy’s equal in confidence and savoir
