I whipped my head toward Nora with a determination that would leave her no choice but to back me up. “How soon can you get her in?” “Let me see what I can do.” With that, she left her office, phone in hand. But before she did that, she winked. My heart sent out a flurry of staccato taps, like an urgent message over a telegraph wire. If I had to guess, my erratic pulse was signaling SOS. Was I going crazy, or had a Kenworthy just winked at me? I didn’t even know what that meant! Were we in cahoots now? Was she going to shank me when my back was turned? The uncertainty stirred up all kinds of
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