“Gareth directed. “The students have already gone to the dig.” He sat down on the edge of the bed.Matilda yanked the sheets and comforter smooth, driving Gareth to the chair. If he'd been a woman she'd have described his motion as a flounce. He radiated irritation—with her, with Ashley, with the case. She wasn't exactly calm herself. “Not to mention,” she said with more than a trace of sarcasm, “that evildoers come scurrying out of the woodwork like cockroaches as soon as you turn your back.""Di...d you talk some sense into the girl?” Gareth asked."I talked with her, yes. I can't tell her what to do about Nick, though—that's up to her. And it's far too late to cut her out of the case.""The case is none of her business.""Yes, it is her business. She more or less tripped and fell into it, true, but she's up to her neck in it now.""Stupid, silly...” Gareth muttered under his breath."Come off it,” returned Matilda. “She's young, she's naive, she's desperate for affection.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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