"I'm going to enjoy killing you, you really deserve it," Ronnie growls. "You were always sucking up to the boss or trying to sabotage other people —...good workers — instead of just producing better material yourself. But nobody could quite pin anything on you." Ronnie slowly pulls the cord tighter. "Until now, that is. You went too far this time. I know there's nobody else in the office; even the janitors have left for the day. You've helped make this a suffocating place to work in. Now feel. "Isn't it clear to you yet that I'm more than interested?" I'm talking about sex," Sandy said.Her sudden directness was a shock to me, but I tried to roll with it. "Well, you won't hear any objections from me," I said."Great," she said."So -- can I stay the night?" I asked her."Tonight? Oh, no! No, not yet. I haven't broken up with my boyfriend yet." Couldn't we -- get started, and you could break up with him tomorrow?" No. That won't work. I would never sleep with two guys at the same time. I. “But I want to do that again.” She twisted her head to look at Samuel. “Can we do it again?”“Indeed, you must,” said Prudence. “For it can take many such attempts to plant a babe in your womb. But Samuel will need to rest for a while before he is ready for another attempt and supper is ready.Constance picked up the discarded nightdress and held it out for Charity.“Come, sister. Cover yourself with this and we shall all go and eat. Making a new babe can be surprisingly hungry work.”Prudence. I saw Elizabeth's face turn white."Is that a guess?" she asked after she regained her composure."No," I answered. "It is a fact. Here's another fact. At least one and maybe more members of the Drug Task Force had a hand in it. I have Jane's investigator pulling traffic cam footage. I'm going to find out which Task Force member drove her to the motel that night and picked her up after she'd killed him. It's all going to come to light, Elizabeth."I saw my wife gulp again and she nodded as she.