“I’ll be in Observation.” He leaned down, kissed her. “I’m in there with you. I stand with you.”
“I know it.”
When she went back into the bullpen, Jenkinson stood up. “You taking her now, boss?”
“Yeah. I told you to go home. Whitney’s got us covered for the rest of the shift.”
“You think any of us are going home before you finish? Not a chance. FYI, Trueheart’s not the only one with a shiner.”
And that added another dose of the energized.
“Peabody.”
“I’m with you. I’ll tag Reo. She wants to observe unless we need her in there.”
“Not this time.”
Once again, she opened the door to Interview A.
Magdelana did have a shiner, and a bruised cheekbone. Wanded, Eve assumed. Seeing her in the orange jumpsuit added one more bounce.
Before she could call for the record, Magdelana held up a hand.
“I want five minutes with Dallas, off record and without eyes and ears behind that glass.” She rattled her restraints. “I can hardly hurt you.”
“Yeah, that’s my concern. Take down Observation. Peabody, step out. It’s okay. Step out.”
When she had, Eve sat. Saw Magdelana’s eyes land, and hold a moment, on the Giant’s Tear.
And the quick flash of fury laced with envy.
Yeah, Roarke knew it would burn.
“Say what you want to say.”
“If you don’t find a way to get me out of this, I’ll make sure Roarke pays the price. I know he stole the Royal Suite from the Tate. I know details about every job we worked on together. He probably stole that rock you’re wearing around your neck.”
Eve lifted it by the chain. “This little thing?”
“You think you’re smart? You’re nothing, and nothing to him but a kind of shield.”
Eve yawned. “Sorry. Long night. Done yet?”
“I’ll spill it all. I’ll get a deal or he goes down. Now cut me loose.”
“No.”
“I thought you cared about him.”
“You’ll never understand what we have together. Stop trying. You can claim Roarke broke into the Tate as a teenager and took those emeralds. And not only won’t anyone believe it, but I’ll turn it so you were part of that heist. Part of the team.”
“There wasn’t a team.”
“Interpol and Scotland Yard think otherwise. Anything you accuse him of, I’ll hang on you.” She leaned in. “You should believe me, you should know I’m really good at this, and I’ll make sure decades are added to what you’ll already pay.”
She sat back. “You really never knew him. Do you think he left a single bread crumb? Anywhere, anytime?”
“You’d risk that?”
