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    She worried the question all the way back to the office, where she had to explain to Dane what had happened.
    “I’m sorry,” Dane apologized when he could finally stop laughing. “But that’s such a dandy little tale…”
    “It’s the truth!” Kit threw up her hands. “He’s my nemesis, I tell you! And one of his very own employees-his third cousin, in fact!-offered me an electrical device and said she’d swear I was innocent if I’d just bump him off for them!”
    “Kit, are you sure you’ve done the right thing to leave an office like that?” he asked her. “Logan is never going to be the same again.” “Good. I hope Margo gets him pregnant.”
    “Stop that!” He leaned forward and picked up a notepad, whipping off a sheet. “Well I can solve your problems for a day or so. Take this.” “What is it?” she murmured, reading a street address. “Emmett’s address. Get on the next flight to San Antonio and

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    follow these directions. They should lead you right to Tansy Deverell.” “Hallelujah! I’ll kidnap her and send Logan a ransom note….” “Not while you’re on my payroll, please.”
    “It was just a thought.” She folded the note. “I’m sorry about losing the lady I was trailing for you.” “That was hardly your fault. It’s okay.”
    She shrugged, fingering the note. “I seem to get in deeper all the time. I had a neighbor who Betsy Corley took for everything he had.” She looked up. “She’ll do that to Logan, you know. He’s so besotted he won’t believe a bad thing about her. She’ll lead him right to the slaughter and make him think he’s heaven-bound. Just like she did poor old Bill.”
    “You don’t give Logan credit for having much sense, do you?” he asked gently.
    She shrugged. “How can I? After all, he sacrificed three years of loyal, slavish devotion and adoration over a cup of spilled coffee, didn’t he?”
    “He was an idiot there,” Dane had to agree. “I’m sorry you’ve had such a rough deal. Maybe this job will open new doors for you.”
    She smiled. “Maybe it will. Do you know any more about this address besides its location?”
    “Just that Tansy’s nephew is something of a hell-raiser. He and Tansy should get along just fine.” “Another Chris,” she said, shaking her head.
    “Well…not exactly,” he replied slowly. “Never mind, just go out there and find out. And, if you get in trouble or have any problems, any at all, just phone here and I’ll demand that you come right home to work on another case. Okay?”
    That sounded very much as if he were keeping something from her. She wondered what. Her eyebrows lifted. “Now I’m intrigued.”
    “You will be. That’s a promise.” He chuckled. “From what we ferreted out, intrigued is an understatement for what most people think when they meet Emmett” She put a hand on her hip. “Emmett?” “Well, most people don’t call him that if they want to stay out
     
    The Case of the Missing Secretary325 of emergency rooms. Better make it Mr. Deverell until you know him.” “Should I invest in one of those electrical devices…?” “Doris will have your ticket.”
    “Yes, sir.” She saluted and walked out. Sure enough, Doris was waving it at her when she approached. Adams was nearby, grinning.
    “Don’t get involved with the natives,” Doris told her. “Those San Antonio men are tornadoes when you get them wound up.”
    “I’ll try to remember that. See you when I can. Goodbye, Ad-ams,” she added, waving at him and smiling.
    Adams seemed to gain height and masculine beauty as he grinned back. “Hands off,” Doris whispered. “He’s all mine.”
    She said it just loud enough that Adams could hear it, which made his smile even broader. “Good luck,” she whispered back to Doris. And with a wave of her hand, she went to get the necessary things out of her desk before she left for her trip.
    San Antonio was big. It boasted a million in