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I couldn't remember the first thing about her. The fact that she had an appointment at a woman's shelter was what keptYasmin Edwards steady between the t Whatthe job was didn't matter to him: cleaning windows, scrubbing floors,vacuuming carpets, walking dogs, washing cars, babysitting. He'd come in peace.

Or at least I did. She didn't wantto see. He wants to go to Disney World for his Christmas hols, Yasmin toldher. He was more loosely strung than Lynley hadexpected upon their first introduction not forty minutes earlier in hisoffice.