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the sooner we get done. With that, he exited the car, came around, and opened the
passenger door. She hesitated and gave him an uncomfortable look.
Trevor, I want you to know, you were the only person I danced for like& the way I
danced for you.
Impossibly, he felt a smile pull at the corners of his mouth, seeing her sitting there, so
prim and awkward. I know, he said softly, and helped her down. She flashed him a
nervous look, and then, because he hadn t cuffed her, preceded him into the station. He
directed her to an interview room. With the recorders on, he recited the Miranda rights
and secured her agreement that she understood the rights as they had been explained to
her. Doubtful, considering she didn t immediately request an attorney, but he knew Kylie
wanted to cooperate so he didn t press.
Ian opened the door, stepped in, and said, Suite B. Recorders are on and ready to go.
Miss Roberts declined a lawyer, so she s all yours.
Okay. Thanks. Standing, he gave Kylie one last look. Huge blue eyes stared back at
him from a sheet-white face. Not exactly a confident, trusting expression. With a tight
smile, he said, See you later. On his way down the hall he hoped her anxious eyes and
pale face wouldn t haunt him through her sister s interview.
Hours later, he stepped back out into the hall, closed the door, and exhaled a long
breath. Equal parts exhausted and relieved, he walked to Kylie s room to check in with
Ian. At his knock, Ian came out, pulled the door shut behind him, and asked, What did
she have to say?
Stacy said she had nothing to do with the murders and she doesn t have the first clue
who beat Long and Montenegro to death.
And you believe her. Ian said it more as a conclusion than a question, but Trevor
answered anyway.
Yeah, I do. If she knew who d murdered those guys, she d kill him herself for depriving
her of two of her best clients.
Sentimental girl.
In her own way, she misses them. Maybe it s more accurate to say she misses their
patronage, but that s damn near the same thing in her mind. Whichever, it s pretty clear
she didn t feel driven to punish them for their misbehavior at Deuces. She s too focused
on the bottom line to let, as she termed it, some stupid, drunk behavior get to her.
Certainly not enough to put someone up to killing them. If she were inclined to kill
someone for those incidents, Ramon would be dead.
Not that she has the physical capacity to do the kind of damage done to those men,
but does she happen to have alibis?
Montenegro s murder was too long ago. She doesn t remember where she was. She s
alibied for the night of Long s murder. Aside from the broken leg date and time verified
by the ER she spent last Friday evening at a bar, made a friend, and went back to his
place after last call. He shrugged. I ll check it out, but it s going to hold.
What did she say about the whole Stacy/Kylie switch?
It s an old fallback for them. Since they were kids, if she was in a jam, she d ask Kylie
to take her place. She swears nobody at Deuces knows Kylie s been dancing her shifts for
the last two weeks.
Ian nodded. That s exactly what Kylie said. And you know what? I ll bet they re right.
Even for identical twins, the resemblance is amazing.
There are subtle differences. Kylie s eyes are a deeper blue, her lips less pouty. More
shapely& more expressive.
Ian grinned. Yeah, classy versus sassy. But nobody at Deuces is looking at eye shade
or lip definition.
Probably not. The personality differences are less subtle.
Still waters and roaring rapids but nobody s looking at their personalities either. Given
that their switch remains undetected, we gonna let the charade continue?
A part of him wanted to say no. The knee-jerk, protective part preferred to bundle Kylie
onto a plane with a one-way ticket back to Two Trout, or somewhere else far away,
where she d be safe. But he didn t control her and, considering she d been willing to pose
as a stripper to stay in LA, he knew damn well she wouldn t easily abandon the life she d
built here just because he asked her to. And if she stayed, then pulling the plug on their
switch simply shot their investigation in the foot. They were close to forcing the killer to
make a move. He felt it. They just needed to push this guy a little more.
We keep going. If Kylie were underage or something along those lines, I d have a
different opinion, but as it stands, her dancing there doesn t violate any vice laws. We re
not responsible for talent management at Deuces. If they don t realize they ve got a
substitute stripper, that s their problem. Kylie s a crucial part of the undercover op. Our
act may be the only way we re going to catch this killer.
I m on board, you re on board. But is Kylie on board?
The thought of Kylie dancing until two after only a couple hours of sleep and all the
trauma of the morning made his conscience bleed, but he nodded. She will be. I don t
want to lose whatever attention I attracted by leaving with her last night. I want to keep
pressing this guy s buttons until he crawls out of his hole and tries to bash my skull in.
Just then Kylie opened the door. The words bash my skull in echoed down the narrow
hall while she looked up at him, fear and worry etched across her face.
Oh, for Christ s sake, I ve got his back, Ian said. Nothing s going to happen to him.
Not helpful, if her expression served as any indication. Nor was his safety what he
wanted her thinking about. Come on. Trevor took her arm and steered her down the
hall. We re done here. I ll take you back to my place to get your car.
She dug her heels. Wait. Where s Stacy?
She s being released too, he explained, continuing to tug her across the parking lot to
the Yukon. Ian will drive her home.
Glancing uncertainly toward the station, she hesitated. I should wait for her and
I d like to talk to you, he said quietly. Away from here. Don t worry, Stacy s in good
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the sooner we get done. With that, he exited the car, came around, and opened the
passenger door. She hesitated and gave him an uncomfortable look.
Trevor, I want you to know, you were the only person I danced for like& the way I
danced for you.
Impossibly, he felt a smile pull at the corners of his mouth, seeing her sitting there, so
prim and awkward. I know, he said softly, and helped her down. She flashed him a
nervous look, and then, because he hadn t cuffed her, preceded him into the station. He
directed her to an interview room. With the recorders on, he recited the Miranda rights
and secured her agreement that she understood the rights as they had been explained to
her. Doubtful, considering she didn t immediately request an attorney, but he knew Kylie
wanted to cooperate so he didn t press.
Ian opened the door, stepped in, and said, Suite B. Recorders are on and ready to go.
Miss Roberts declined a lawyer, so she s all yours.
Okay. Thanks. Standing, he gave Kylie one last look. Huge blue eyes stared back at
him from a sheet-white face. Not exactly a confident, trusting expression. With a tight
smile, he said, See you later. On his way down the hall he hoped her anxious eyes and
pale face wouldn t haunt him through her sister s interview.
Hours later, he stepped back out into the hall, closed the door, and exhaled a long
breath. Equal parts exhausted and relieved, he walked to Kylie s room to check in with
Ian. At his knock, Ian came out, pulled the door shut behind him, and asked, What did
she have to say?
Stacy said she had nothing to do with the murders and she doesn t have the first clue
who beat Long and Montenegro to death.
And you believe her. Ian said it more as a conclusion than a question, but Trevor
answered anyway.
Yeah, I do. If she knew who d murdered those guys, she d kill him herself for depriving
her of two of her best clients.
Sentimental girl.
In her own way, she misses them. Maybe it s more accurate to say she misses their
patronage, but that s damn near the same thing in her mind. Whichever, it s pretty clear
she didn t feel driven to punish them for their misbehavior at Deuces. She s too focused
on the bottom line to let, as she termed it, some stupid, drunk behavior get to her.
Certainly not enough to put someone up to killing them. If she were inclined to kill
someone for those incidents, Ramon would be dead.
Not that she has the physical capacity to do the kind of damage done to those men,
but does she happen to have alibis?
Montenegro s murder was too long ago. She doesn t remember where she was. She s
alibied for the night of Long s murder. Aside from the broken leg date and time verified
by the ER she spent last Friday evening at a bar, made a friend, and went back to his
place after last call. He shrugged. I ll check it out, but it s going to hold.
What did she say about the whole Stacy/Kylie switch?
It s an old fallback for them. Since they were kids, if she was in a jam, she d ask Kylie
to take her place. She swears nobody at Deuces knows Kylie s been dancing her shifts for
the last two weeks.
Ian nodded. That s exactly what Kylie said. And you know what? I ll bet they re right.
Even for identical twins, the resemblance is amazing.
There are subtle differences. Kylie s eyes are a deeper blue, her lips less pouty. More
shapely& more expressive.
Ian grinned. Yeah, classy versus sassy. But nobody at Deuces is looking at eye shade
or lip definition.
Probably not. The personality differences are less subtle.
Still waters and roaring rapids but nobody s looking at their personalities either. Given
that their switch remains undetected, we gonna let the charade continue?
A part of him wanted to say no. The knee-jerk, protective part preferred to bundle Kylie
onto a plane with a one-way ticket back to Two Trout, or somewhere else far away,
where she d be safe. But he didn t control her and, considering she d been willing to pose
as a stripper to stay in LA, he knew damn well she wouldn t easily abandon the life she d
built here just because he asked her to. And if she stayed, then pulling the plug on their
switch simply shot their investigation in the foot. They were close to forcing the killer to
make a move. He felt it. They just needed to push this guy a little more.
We keep going. If Kylie were underage or something along those lines, I d have a
different opinion, but as it stands, her dancing there doesn t violate any vice laws. We re
not responsible for talent management at Deuces. If they don t realize they ve got a
substitute stripper, that s their problem. Kylie s a crucial part of the undercover op. Our
act may be the only way we re going to catch this killer.
I m on board, you re on board. But is Kylie on board?
The thought of Kylie dancing until two after only a couple hours of sleep and all the
trauma of the morning made his conscience bleed, but he nodded. She will be. I don t
want to lose whatever attention I attracted by leaving with her last night. I want to keep
pressing this guy s buttons until he crawls out of his hole and tries to bash my skull in.
Just then Kylie opened the door. The words bash my skull in echoed down the narrow
hall while she looked up at him, fear and worry etched across her face.
Oh, for Christ s sake, I ve got his back, Ian said. Nothing s going to happen to him.
Not helpful, if her expression served as any indication. Nor was his safety what he
wanted her thinking about. Come on. Trevor took her arm and steered her down the
hall. We re done here. I ll take you back to my place to get your car.
She dug her heels. Wait. Where s Stacy?
She s being released too, he explained, continuing to tug her across the parking lot to
the Yukon. Ian will drive her home.
Glancing uncertainly toward the station, she hesitated. I should wait for her and
I d like to talk to you, he said quietly. Away from here. Don t worry, Stacy s in good
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