text: Catharine Petersen (Theresa Russell) carefully applies and checks her make-up, puts on a pair of dark glasses and disembarks from a private jet. She is met by her sister-in-law, Sara (Lois Smith), with a limousine. It develops that Catharine's husband (Sara's brother), Sam Petersen, died suddenly in his sleep the previous night, while Catharine was out of town. On the short trip back to Catharine's apartment, Sara tries to offer what comfort she can. She offers to go upstairs with her, but Catharine declines. She enters the apartment alone and goes to her husband's den. She sits at his desk, takes off her sunglasses, and stares sadly at the pictures there...of her, of them, of the events of their short life together. She goes to a sideboard, picks up a glass brandy decanter, and takes it into the bathroom. Looking impassively at herself in the mirror, she pours the contents of the decanter into the sink, and turns on the water to rinse away all traces. Then, strangely, she goes into their bedroom, lies down on the bed and weeps for the husband she just murdered.Alexandra "Alex" Barnes (Debra Winger) is a data analyst for the Justice Department. She arrives at the office in her usual dither, thrilled over the news of the sudden death (in his sleep) of a Jersey mob boss. Convinced it was a mob hit, she orders her co-worker and sidekick, Michael (D.W. Moffatt), to search for similar deaths. He finds only one: that of wealthy publisher Sam Petersen, a year earlier. Both men died of a rare congenital condition called Ondine's Curse, in which the victim simply stops breathing during sleep. But there is no other connection between the two men: Alex's boss, Bruce (Terry O'Quinn), tells her to move on to something else.Marielle Dumer strides into the office of her new husband, Dallas toy manufacturer Ben Dumer (Dennis Hopper). With curly red hair, flashy (but expensive) clothes, and an air of brassy sex appeal, she bears little resemblance to quiet, elegant Catharine Petersen...but we see she is the same woman. After visiting her husband, she goes to a bank to access a safe deposit box. Alone in a private room, she takes a bottle of brandy from her purse. From the box, she removes some jewelry, several thick bundles of money, and a small brown case. The case contains a syringe with a very long needle, and a small vial of clear liquid. She fills the syringe from the vial, and injects the liquid through the cork into the bottle of brandy. She replaces everything in the box, puts the brandy in her purse and leaves. That night, as she packs for a five-day trip out of town, Ben asks why they ran out of brandy so fast. "Didn't I see a fresh bottle in the cabinet?" she says. He finds it, and replies, "Right again, Hon'." She smiles sweetly...and the scene cuts immediately to a funeral procession, driving slowly through a cemetery...and shortly thereafter to a lawyer's office. Ben's sister, Etta (Diane Ladd), is threatening to contest Ben's will. Marielle tells her she has no one to blame but herself for being cut from it...but she intends to leave Dallas, to go back to Charleston, and doesn't want to leave any hard feelings (or nagging questions?) behind. She offers to make a small gift to Etta from her share of the estate. "How small?" asks Etta. "Something in the mid-six-figure range?" suggests Marielle. Etta signifies her acceptance, and the matter is closed.Alex arrives at her office and the unauthorized gun in her purse sets off the metal detector in the lobby. The security guard escorts her up to her boss's office for an explanation and a reprimand. She tells Bruce that she's been practicing with it before work, trying to qualify for field duty. Bruce wryly advises her to take the gun back to Sears. Late that afternoon, Alex is working at her computer. Michael approaches, tells her he has found another death involving Ondine's Curse. Then he shyly asks her out to dinner. She puts him off, telling him she values his friendship too much to risk losing it with a failed love affair. Then she asks about the death from Ondine's Curse. He tells her it was a toy manufacturer in Dallas. Both he and the publisher were wealthy, middle-aged, and both had married younger women within a couple of months of their deaths, but there seemed to be no other connection. Alex, however, is excited by this news. She asks him to round up information and pictures of them both. "Shouldn't be hard," he says, "they were both wealthy, prominent men." "No," replies Alex, "I want pictures of the wives."Margaret Dodd (the former Marielle Dumer) is conducting an investigation of her own. Her hair is now longer, dark brown, and pulled back into a french braid. She is now dressing in quiet grey, brown and olive-green suits, slacks, sweaters...sensible shoes...even, occasionally, a pair of plain black-framed glasses. She looks studious and earnest, but still alluring in an unostentatious way. She visits a bookstore in Seattle, Washington and asks for books on Seattle history, Japanese cooking, rare coins and Native American Tribes of the Northwest. The bookstore clerk asks her jokingly if she's cramming for a quiz show. She gives him a long look, a faint, unamused laugh, and goes back to her notes.Michael has found remarkably few photos of the wives, and in all of them, the women seem to be deliberately turning away from the camera. He has them made into slides for Alex and she takes them home, along with a slide projector. She studies their faces and their bodies as they're projected onto her living room wall...she looks in her bathroom mirror, and experiments with her own hair and stance, noting how even small changes can make a significant difference in a woman's overall appearance.Margaret is also studying, in her suite at a Seattle hotel: photos of rare coins, an old video of a Coast Salish (Native American) ritual. Her objective soon becomes clear: these are all interests and hobbies of William McCrory (Nicol Williamsen), a noted anthropologist, chairman of the Native American Museum Board...late-middle-aged, a lifelong bachelor...and one of the five wealthiest men in Washington State.Bruce is not convinced by Alex's evidence and theory. He argues that the Dallas woman is slimmer, younger. Alex counters that it's just make-up, attitude, posture. He reminds her that her job is data analysis, and that she does the best work in the office...and she shouldn't try to get all of the excitement in her life out of her job. Alex is outraged, she feels he's overstepping his bounds. He tells her that he just wants her to be happy...she isn't happy, and she deserves to be happy. "Bruce," she pleads, "Make me happy." After a long silence, he finally gives her permission to go after her "Black Widow".Margaret approaches Irene (Rutanya Alda), a member of the Museum Board, and offers to donate a million dollars to the museum in exchange for a seat on the board of directors. Irene primly tells her that those seats are not for sale. "Fine," replies Margaret, evenly, "I'm sure Mr. McCrory will appreciate my intentions," and leaves. In the next scene, a meeting of the board of directors, William McCrory tells Margaret that as their newest board member, they want to hear her views. She reluctantly suggests that they shouldn't concentrate so much on acquisition of Coast Salish artifacts (McCrory's specialty field and his passion), they should try to exhibit equally artifacts from all tribes. It's a bold and risky strategy, but it works...she states her reasoning articulately and movingly, and McCrory is instantly smitten with her.Alex visits the sisters of the first two victims. She interviews Sara first, who still believes in Catharine, and is very put off by Alex's theories and manner. She sees Etta next, who is lying on a tanning bed in an expensive salon. Etta says she also suspected Marielle...But since Ben was dead, and nothing could bring him back, she decided to avoid the scandal and publicity of accusing her sister-in-law of murder. Alex suggests rather pointedly that she might have been influenced by the $500,000 gift as well. Etta sits up, takes off her protective glasses, gives Alex a long look...and says sweetly, "You're looking a little peaked, my dear...can I buy you a tan?"William and Margaret have been seeing each other...dinner, long walks, quiet discussions over afternoon tea or evening coffee. One day he takes her on a ferry ride and a long drive to his family's cabin in the woods. It is large, elegant, peaceful and inviting...he tells her he has always meant to live here someday. "Why don't you?" asks Margaret. He looks at her, and says, "Why don't WE?" During the passionate lovemaking that follows, Margaret notices a medallion that William wears on a chain around his neck. "It's a Medic Alert," he tells her, "I'm allergic to penicillin." She lets out a low laugh, and kisses him lustily.At the Justice Department, the guys and Alex are engrossed in a late-night poker game. In the last hand, one of the guys, Herb (David Mamet), obviously has the winning cards. The others fold, but Alex, the lone female, decides he's bluffing. She meets his bet, then raises $20, and then, recklessly, another $20, even after the other guys warn her he's clearly got the cards. When she loses, she defiantly reminds him that she'd won big from him the week before. While the rest leave, she sits down at her desk and puts her head down on her folded arms. Bruce offers to give her a neck rub, and while he does so, they chat about her "Borgia" lady. Bruce makes a tentative pass at her, which she rejects. He shrugs philosophically, and asks if she needs more time and resources to find her, but she tells him she's already there...they've narrowed it down to six women. She says she's going to check them out; he warns her to be careful. She laughs, and tells him he's full of shit, and she'll call him from Denver...or maybe Seattle.In Seattle, Alex quickly finds Margaret and follows her, observing her, for several days. Posing as a reporter from the Post Intelligencer, she goes to the museum and talks to Irene, trying to get whatever information they have on her. Irene admits to not knowing much, and before Alex can stop her, she calls Margaret's office to see if she can come talk to Alex herself. William responds instead, says Margaret's not in today and asks if he can help. He catches Alex in her lie about being from the Post Intelligencer, and she explains sheepishly that she is a free-lance writer, doing an article on powerful women "on spec". Instead of being angry, he is sympathetic, admitting that he never had to prove himself that way. He asks where she is staying, and she replies, "At the Hilton." He warns that his wife is very private, but promises to ask her to contact Alex there. Alex thanks him, and starts to leave...then pauses, undecided, still looking at him. He looks back at her, a bit surprised, and asks if there's anything else. "No, I guess not," she says, and leaves him to his potsherds.Margaret has gone to the doctor for a physical. She tells him she has a case of recurring tonsillitis, and what with the Seattle weather... He grabs his prescription pad and asks what antibiotic usually works for her. "Penicillin," she replies.Alex goes to the Seattle Police Department, and puts her evidence in front of Detective Ricci (Leo Rossi). He ridicules her, refuses to cooperate with her, and tells her that if this is what the Justice Department calls evidence these days, that's the scariest part of the whole story. "The thing is," Alex tells him as she leaves, "I know I'm right."Later, William tells Margaret of the nice young woman he met that day, and of her interest in Margaret. Margaret hides her uneasiness from him...but she hurries to the Seattle Hilton, and asks about the young woman, only to learn she has checked out and moved to the Inn at the Market. She rushes over to the Inn, storms in, and storms back out again almost immediately. Alex is in a car, parked across the street, watching. Margaret is visibly disturbed and angry...she gets back into her car and slams the door, catching part of her coat in it...she rips at it to free it, getting more furious by the moment. Her behavior, normally so measured and controlled, is so atypical as to be frightening. At last, she screams in rage and frustration, and slams her forehead against the steering wheel. Afterward, calmer, she reaches into the glove compartment and takes out several travel brochures. Leafing through them, she settles on the one for Hawaii, and drives away.Next day, at the cabin, Margaret is in the bathroom opening a new tube of toothpaste. She squeezes a dollop onto the back of a hand mirror and empties one of the penicillin capsules onto it. As she is mixing the two substances, William enters, downstairs, and calls to her...she hastily finishes, stuffs as much of the blended paste back into the tube as she can, and puts the tube back in the drawer. The mirror goes into the basin, with water running over it to wash away all traces. She starts downstairs to join him, and William tells her of an upcoming meeting with his family on their shared business concerns. She tells him she doesn't think she should go...she'd feel like an intruder. "You're my wife," he says, simply, "I want you with me." She smiles sweetly, and replies, "I DO like the way you say that."Alex is back in Detective Ricci's office. She is angry, agitated. "Where did they find him?" she asks. "Look, Agatha Christie, there's been no homicide," he says, "He died of a heart attack--boom!--just like everybody else!" But Alex guesses he isn't feeling as confident as he sounds. "She's left town, hasn't she?" she says, "and you have no idea where she's gone. You're scared shitless, Ricci...they're going to find out about me, and they're going to wonder why you didn't check it out when you had the chance." But Ricci refuses to admit he was wrong or make any attempt to assist.Alex returns to Washington, and resigns from her job. Bruce tries to talk her out of it, telling her that she has six years on the job, which shouldn't just be thrown away. She tells him that she was in the same room with the victim...four feet away. "You couldn't tell him," he says, "he'd have gone straight to her, you'd be blown, and she'd disappear." "But maybe he'd be alive," she counters. "He didn't have a chance...I didn't give him a chance." As she's walking out of Bruce's office, Michael calls her over...he's already traced Margaret's escape route. Alex gives up her apartment, and sells her belongings. Bruce visits her the night before she leaves for Hawaii. As a parting gift he hands her an airline ticket. "I've already got my ticket," she says. "This is a ticket back to Washington," he tells her. She smiles and replies, "I'll be back with a tan."Margaret has now transformed herself into Rennie Walker: Athletic, outdoorsy, with a superb tan and a long, thick mane of tawny, blonde hair. She favors sexy Hawaiian print sarongs and halter tops, brightly colored swimsuits and sportswear. Her target this time is Paul Nuyten (Sami Frey), owner of half a dozen luxury hotels around the world--and younger and more attractive than the other men we've seen..Alex has hired a private detective to help her find Margaret in her latest incarnation, a seedy Asian man named Shin (James Hong). She confronts him in his office in a run-down building near the docks. He claims at first not to have found the woman, and tries to shake Alex down for more money. But Alex doesn't buy it...she demands the information for which she's already paid.Rennie is attending a women's scuba diving class at her hotel. The instructor tells the women to get into the pool and pair off, and a plump girl with an obnoxious cough immediately offers to be Rennie's partner..."I'm not really contagious," she assures Rennie, brightly. Another woman nearby turns around suddenly--we see it is Alex...and she says, "My friend promised to be MY partner," to the coughing girl, who leaves in something of a huff. Rennie introduces herself, and tells Alex she owes her a beer. Alex introduces herself as Jessica Bates, and says she'll take her up on it. After the class, they have a drink together on the hotel lanai. Alex jokes about how much better Rennie looks than she does, and Rennie invites her up to her room for what she calls "a real drink".Alex sees pictures of Paul Nuyten, on Rennie's table, and asks about him...Rennie tells her who he is and invites her to a party he's having at his home that night as her guest. She loans Alex a dress, even takes her to her hairdresser, and the two women show up together in style. Alex watches the interaction between Paul and Rennie...things don't quite seem to be going all her way, this time. Paul is quite a player in his own right. Rennie has sensed that if she has sex with him too soon, she will not be able to persuade him to marry her...she'll merely become another of his conquests. So her strategy is a waiting game for the present...putting him off, but still sending come-on signals...until she can think of another way.Alex and Rennie continue to hang out together...drives, hikes, picnics. They stop at the fish market one morning before an outing...they prowl through the aisles separately, looking for picnic fare. Mr. Shin happens to be there, and approaches Alex for another try at a shakedown. Aware that Rennie could be watching, she tells him in a low, furious voice that this a Federal DOJ operation. She tells him to offer her a cigarette. Confused, he does so, and she turns him down. "Now point at the fish", she orders...he does, and she shakes her head no, while telling him to go away and stay away, or she'll have him arrested for obstruction of justice.Rennie HAS been watching, and she isn't fooled by Alex's glib explanation of the incident. That night, she calls Sara, and asks if any young women claiming to be reporters have come around asking about her. Sara tells her that there was one, but that she had identified herself as a federal agent. Rennie hastily hangs up. Frightened and angry, she screams another of her primal screams, and slams her fist into her belly.Alex and Rennie go scuba diving, from a deserted beach with black sand. At first they stay together, as they were taught in their class. But then they move apart. Rennie stops at a rock outcropping, and waits, watching Alex. Alex is inspecting the corral and the shellfish... suddenly she grabs her mouthpiece...no air is coming through! Desperate, she makes a dash for the surface. But Rennie intervenes. They struggle briefly, and Rennie rips Alex's mouthpiece out of her mouth. Then she takes the mouthpiece from her own mouth, and pushes it at Alex. Alex takes a couple of ragged breaths, and Rennie takes the regulator back...she takes two breaths herself, and pushes it again toward Alex...as they were taught in class. In this way, they are able to ascend to the surface safely. On the beach, Alex is angry, suspicious. Rennie is conciliatory...and reminds Alex of how lucky she was that she (Rennie) hadn't had her back turned. But the incident seems intentional, and apparently accomplishes the goal of frightening Alex.At a picnic the next day, they discuss Rennie's multiple husbands...and Rennie admits openly that was how she got rich. She tells Alex she used to think of it as her job, finding out everything about them, making herself desirable to them. Alex asks why one wasn't enough. "Rich is hard," says Rennie, "You never really think you're quite there." She glances at Alex, and sees the troubled look on her face. "I loved every one of them," she tells her, "Deeply. Honestly." She delivers her next comment as a throw-away: "It wouldn't have worked any other way." Then she changes the subject. "You like him," she says, "Paul, I mean. Why don't you go for it?" Alex doesn't respond, either to deny or agree. Rennie tells Alex that she WANTS her to make a play for him...that at this point in her life, she (Rennie) needs someone who can commit.They've planned an afternoon out with Paul, but at the last minute Rennie backs out, pleading a headache. She tells them to go without her. They do so, and they have a lovely time...and during the afternoon, Paul indicates that he wants to be with the woman he knows as Jessica. Alex is also attracted to Paul...but is wary of getting involved, for obvious reasons...not the least of those being that she doesn't want to be compared with Rennie. She tells him that she wants to know that whatever they have will be honest, and just between them. He tells her to look him in the face, and decide. She does, and she is convinced. And so they make love.Rennie, meanwhile, has picked the lock into Alex's apartment, and is searching for clues into her identity. She also goes to see Mr. Shin, walking unannounced into his office just as he's walking out of his bathroom, rolling down his sleeve...which rattles and angers him. She shows him a picture of Alex, and says that she suspects this woman has been seeing her fiance. She wants him to get the proof. He recognizes Alex, and at first he refuses, saying he doesn't do this kind of work. Rennie says to him, "Mr. Shin, I'll tell you two things about me: I'm very rich...(she takes an envelope stuffed with money out of her purse and tosses it down in front of him)...and I'm very wealthy." It's an offer he can't refuse.Later we see Mr. Shin taking photographs of Alex and Paul at her apartment. Paul spends the night, and when he leaves the next morning, Alex sees him out. She goes back inside and sits down at her vanity. She stares at herself in the mirror: she has a wistful, but vaguely happy expression on her face.Rennie is at Paul's home that night, has apparently come there to reproach him for the affair with Alex. He's sad, puzzled...he thought that's what she wanted. She asks him to make her a drink before she goes back to town...when he comes back with the drinks, he finds her in the pool, naked..."Why tonight?" he asks, "After all this time?" "I think we've waited long enough," she replies. And he joins her in the pool.Paul visits Alex to break the news to her that he and Rennie are together now, and plan to marry. In spite of herself, she is hurt...her feelings for him were genuine. She attends the wedding and arranges for a few minutes alone with Rennie. "Woman in love," she says, ironically. "Did you really doubt it?" replies Rennie, lightly. "I helped you get here, didn't I?" responds Alex. "When you put us together, it made him want you all the more. So I guess you could say that my gift to you was the groom." Rennie hesitates, then says, "I meant it as an exchange of gifts." Taking a small gift-wrapped package from her purse, Alex says, "In that case, I still owe you one," and she hands it to Rennie. It's revealed to be a pin, fashioned to look like a black widow spider. Rennie is slightly annoyed, but not shaken..."Such an intriguing gift," she tells Alex, "Makes me wish I had more to share with you. The truth is, I'm almost sorry it's over." "The truth is, it's not over," replies Alex. Rennie smiles, and says, "Until then..." Then she suddenly catches Alex, her hand on the back of her neck, draws her swiftly to her, kisses her hard on the mouth...and just as swiftly releases her and walks away.Rennie goes back to Mr. Shin's office, to get the pictures he has taken. He shows them to her, and they're as incriminating as she could have wanted. She pulls a gun on Mr. Shin, and tells him he can die...or he can die happy. He has five seconds to decide. She begins to count. Pleading for his life in Chinese, he takes a kit from his desk with a syringe, a rubber tube, and a stash of heroin. As he rolls up his sleeve, and injects himself with a fatal dose, Rennie moves closer to him, strokes his head, and continues to count. She leaves the pictures on his desk.HPD is investigating Shin's death. At first, they're convinced it's what it appears to be...an ordinary, garden-variety overdose. But Alex shows up at the scene and asks to speak to the detective in charge (Danny Kamekona).Rennie takes a trip to the mainland for a few days. Alex invites Paul over to her apartment, and tries to warn him of his danger. She tells him about Rennie's past, and even reveals her own identity and involvement. He is angry, hurt...but won't believe her. "She doesn't need my money," he says, "I've seen her portfolio...bank accounts..." "I've just told you how she got them," Alex replies. "Then how do you explain our wills?" he asks. "They leave everything to the Cancer Foundation, and nothing to each other. It was HER idea." But Alex has no answer for this, and he leaves.The HPD detective meets Rennie at the airport when she comes back from the mainland. He breaks the news to her of her husband's death, and tells her that there is a woman claiming to be a federal agent insinuating Rennie murdered him. He asks permission to search the home, and Rennie gives her consent. Then, with just the right tone and manner of a grieving, outraged widow, she tells him that the woman--Alex, or Jessica, or whoever she claims to be--was her husband's lover before and after their marriage...so as long as they're searching her home, they'd better search Alex's place as well.A bottle of poison is found in Alex's apartment. She is arrested and taken to jail. The HPD detective thanks Rennie for her cooperation...he tells her a little of the evidence implicating Alex, mentioning the poison, and the pictures they found in Shin's office. Rennie admits she was responsible for the pictures, that she'd hired Shin, and then been too ashamed to go back for them. The HPD detective thinks this over, and tells her that they'd figured Shin's death as an overdose...but perhaps Miss Barnes has that to answer for as well.Rennie is called to a meeting with two representatives from the Cancer Foundation. It seems that since Paul's legal residence was Florida, the Florida Mortmain Statute applies to his will: any bequest to charity executed within six months of death can be invalidated by the spouse. "Of course, there's no requirement that you do so," says one of the representatives, hopefully. Rennie looks at him and replies evenly, "Shortly before my husband died, he expressed reservations about your organization. Profound reservations." So much for the altruistic wills.Alex calls Rennie and asks her to come to the jail to see her. Although she's making plans to leave the island, Rennie decides to do so. They meet in the visitor's room, with a chain link fence and a counter between them. Rennie smiles, pleasantly...Alex doesn't...Rennie looks away, a little embarassed, and sits down. Alex also sits. Rennie asks if Alex is ok. Alex says she can't complain...mentions that there are a lot of psychological tests, which she finds strange for a crime of passion. Rennie explains that they no longer think Alex murdered Paul out of jealousy...that they now believe her obsession was with Rennie. They think she started out as an ambitious federal agent, who thought she'd found a cunning phantom..."and you chased her, and chased her, and when you thought you'd never be quite quick enough to catch her..." "I killed Paul," Alex finishes for her, "...to frame you." Rennie nods.The matron comes in, from the door behind Alex, and Alex goes to have a whispered conference with her. Thinking the interview is over, Rennie starts to leave. But Alex comes back. "How did you manage it," she asks. "Did you sneak back from the mainland? Did you use the bottle you planted in my apartment?" Rennie smiles. "You always did have a tendency to overthink things," she says. "The most important thing about figuring anything out is...knowing when to stop." Alex is silent. "Of all the relationships I'll look back on in fifty years' time," Rennie continues, "I'll always remember this one."A door opens behind Rennie, she turns to see who it is, and is startled to see her sister-in-law, Sara, standing there, with the HPD detective, an expression of disbelief tinged with dawning horror on her face. Rennie realizes the situation has just become very sticky...but it still might be possible to explain her way out. "Hello, Sara," she manages to say, "Good to see you." She glances resentfully at Alex.Alex nods to the detective, he motions to someone outside the door, and approaching footsteps are heard. Something in Alex's expression warns Rennie that something important is about to happen. She turns to look, and stands up, shocked. She shudders violently as she tries desperately to get herself under control. The camera cuts to Paul Nuyten standing just inside the doorway, very much alive and well.Rennie turns quickly to Alex and says, "I want you to know I put the poison in his brandy...you mustn't let him..." "We know," interrupts Alex. "We found it before he did." Rennie turns back and walks slowly toward Paul. She tries to kiss him...but although he allows her lips to touch his mouth, he doesn't respond. She walks past him toward the door, with one last lingering look over her shoulder at Alex. Sarah and the detective follow her. Paul and Alex stare at each other gravely for a moment. Then they turn away from each other and leave by separate exits.The media is in the front office of the police station. Alex and the HPD detective come down the stairs...he runs interference for her, fending off aggressive photographers and reporters. She responds to no one, ignoring questions and congratulations alike. When she leaves through the front door, the HPD detective turns to them and says, "Now we'll give you a story," and leads them away. The camera stays fixed on Alex as she disappears in the distance.

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text: her

text: usual

text: dither

text: thrilled

text: over

text: the

text: news

text: of

text: the

text: sudden

text: death

text: in

text: his

text: sleep

text: of

text: a

text: Jersey

text: mob

text: boss

text: Convinced

text: it

text: was

text: a

text: mob

text: hit

text: she

text: orders

text: her

text: co

text: worker

text: and

text: sidekick

text: Michael

text: D.W.

text: Moffatt

text: to

text: search

text: for

text: similar

text: deaths

text: He

text: finds

text: only

text: one

text: that

text: of

text: wealthy

text: publisher

text: Sam

text: Petersen

text: a

text: year

text: earlier

text: Both

text: men

text: died

text: of

text: a

text: rare

text: congenital

text: condition

text: called

text: Ondine

text: 's

text: Curse

text: in

text: which

text: the

text: victim

text: simply

text: stops

text: breathing

text: during

text: sleep

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: other

text: connection

text: between

text: the

text: two

text: men

text: Alex

text: 's

text: boss

text: Bruce

text: Terry

text: O'Quinn

text: tells

text: her

text: to

text: move

text: on

text: to

text: something

text: else

text: Marielle

text: Dumer

text: strides

text: into

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: her

text: new

text: husband

text: Dallas

text: toy

text: manufacturer

text: Ben

text: Dumer

text: Dennis

text: Hopper

text: With

text: curly

text: red

text: hair

text: flashy

text: but

text: expensive

text: clothes

text: and

text: an

text: air

text: of

text: brassy

text: sex

text: appeal

text: she

text: bears

text: little

text: resemblance

text: to

text: quiet

text: elegant

text: Catharine

text: Petersen

text: but

text: we

text: see

text: she

text: is

text: the

text: same

text: woman

text: After

text: visiting

text: her

text: husband

text: she

text: goes

text: to

text: a

text: bank

text: to

text: access

text: a

text: safe

text: deposit

text: box

text: Alone

text: in

text: a

text: private

text: room

text: she

text: takes

text: a

text: bottle

text: of

text: brandy

text: from

text: her

text: purse

text: From

text: the

text: box

text: she

text: removes

text: some

text: jewelry

text: several

text: thick

text: bundles

text: of

text: money

text: and

text: a

text: small

text: brown

text: case

text: The

text: case

text: contains

text: a

text: syringe

text: with

text: a

text: very

text: long

text: needle

text: and

text: a

text: small

text: vial

text: of

text: clear

text: liquid

text: She

text: fills

text: the

text: syringe

text: from

text: the

text: vial

text: and

text: injects

text: the

text: liquid

text: through

text: the

text: cork

text: into

text: the

text: bottle

text: of

text: brandy

text: She

text: replaces

text: everything

text: in

text: the

text: box

text: puts

text: the

text: brandy

text: in

text: her

text: purse

text: and

text: leaves

text: That

text: night

text: as

text: she

text: packs

text: for

text: a

text: five

text: day

text: trip

text: out

text: of

text: town

text: Ben

text: asks

text: why

text: they

text: ran

text: out

text: of

text: brandy

text: so

text: fast

text: Did

text: n't

text: I

text: see

text: a

text: fresh

text: bottle

text: in

text: the

text: cabinet

text: she

text: says

text: He

text: finds

text: it

text: and

text: replies

text: Right

text: again

text: Hon

text: She

text: smiles

text: sweetly

text: and

text: the

text: scene

text: cuts

text: immediately

text: to

text: a

text: funeral

text: procession

text: driving

text: slowly

text: through

text: a

text: cemetery

text: and

text: shortly

text: thereafter

text: to

text: a

text: lawyer

text: 's

text: office

text: Ben

text: 's

text: sister

text: Etta

text: Diane

text: Ladd

text: is

text: threatening

text: to

text: contest

text: Ben

text: 's

text: will

text: Marielle

text: tells

text: her

text: she

text: has

text: no

text: one

text: to

text: blame

text: but

text: herself

text: for

text: being

text: cut

text: from

text: it

text: but

text: she

text: intends

text: to

text: leave

text: Dallas

text: to

text: go

text: back

text: to

text: Charleston

text: and

text: does

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: leave

text: any

text: hard

text: feelings

text: or

text: nagging

text: questions

text: behind

text: She

text: offers

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: small

text: gift

text: to

text: Etta

text: from

text: her

text: share

text: of

text: the

text: estate

text: How

text: small

text: asks

text: Etta

text: Something

text: in

text: the

text: mid

text: six

text: figure

text: range

text: suggests

text: Marielle

text: Etta

text: signifies

text: her

text: acceptance

text: and

text: the

text: matter

text: is

text: closed

text: Alex

text: arrives

text: at

text: her

text: office

text: and

text: the

text: unauthorized

text: gun

text: in

text: her

text: purse

text: sets

text: off

text: the

text: metal

text: detector

text: in

text: the

text: lobby

text: The

text: security

text: guard

text: escorts

text: her

text: up

text: to

text: her

text: boss

text: 's

text: office

text: for

text: an

text: explanation

text: and

text: a

text: reprimand

text: She

text: tells

text: Bruce

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: been

text: practicing

text: with

text: it

text: before

text: work

text: trying

text: to

text: qualify

text: for

text: field

text: duty

text: Bruce

text: wryly

text: advises

text: her

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: gun

text: back

text: to

text: Sears

text: Late

text: that

text: afternoon

text: Alex

text: is

text: working

text: at

text: her

text: computer

text: Michael

text: approaches

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: has

text: found

text: another

text: death

text: involving

text: Ondine

text: 's

text: Curse

text: Then

text: he

text: shyly

text: asks

text: her

text: out

text: to

text: dinner

text: She

text: puts

text: him

text: off

text: telling

text: him

text: she

text: values

text: his

text: friendship

text: too

text: much

text: to

text: risk

text: losing

text: it

text: with

text: a

text: failed

text: love

text: affair

text: Then

text: she

text: asks

text: about

text: the

text: death

text: from

text: Ondine

text: 's

text: Curse

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: it

text: was

text: a

text: toy

text: manufacturer

text: in

text: Dallas

text: Both

text: he

text: and

text: the

text: publisher

text: were

text: wealthy

text: middle

text: aged

text: and

text: both

text: had

text: married

text: younger

text: women

text: within

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: months

text: of

text: their

text: deaths

text: but

text: there

text: seemed

text: to

text: be

text: no

text: other

text: connection

text: Alex

text: however

text: is

text: excited

text: by

text: this

text: news

text: She

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: round

text: up

text: information

text: and

text: pictures

text: of

text: them

text: both

text: Should

text: n't

text: be

text: hard

text: he

text: says

text: they

text: were

text: both

text: wealthy

text: prominent

text: men

text: No

text: replies

text: Alex

text: I

text: want

text: pictures

text: of

text: the

text: wives."Margaret

text: Dodd

text: the

text: former

text: Marielle

text: Dumer

text: is

text: conducting

text: an

text: investigation

text: of

text: her

text: own

text: Her

text: hair

text: is

text: now

text: longer

text: dark

text: brown

text: and

text: pulled

text: back

text: into

text: a

text: french

text: braid

text: She

text: is

text: now

text: dressing

text: in

text: quiet

text: grey

text: brown

text: and

text: olive

text: green

text: suits

text: slacks

text: sweaters

text: sensible

text: shoes

text: even

text: occasionally

text: a

text: pair

text: of

text: plain

text: black

text: framed

text: glasses

text: She

text: looks

text: studious

text: and

text: earnest

text: but

text: still

text: alluring

text: in

text: an

text: unostentatious

text: way

text: She

text: visits

text: a

text: bookstore

text: in

text: Seattle

text: Washington

text: and

text: asks

text: for

text: books

text: on

text: Seattle

text: history

text: Japanese

text: cooking

text: rare

text: coins

text: and

text: Native

text: American

text: Tribes

text: of

text: the

text: Northwest

text: The

text: bookstore

text: clerk

text: asks

text: her

text: jokingly

text: if

text: she

text: 's

text: cramming

text: for

text: a

text: quiz

text: show

text: She

text: gives

text: him

text: a

text: long

text: look

text: a

text: faint

text: unamused

text: laugh

text: and

text: goes

text: back

text: to

text: her

text: notes

text: Michael

text: has

text: found

text: remarkably

text: few

text: photos

text: of

text: the

text: wives

text: and

text: in

text: all

text: of

text: them

text: the

text: women

text: seem

text: to

text: be

text: deliberately

text: turning

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: camera

text: He

text: has

text: them

text: made

text: into

text: slides

text: for

text: Alex

text: and

text: she

text: takes

text: them

text: home

text: along

text: with

text: a

text: slide

text: projector

text: She

text: studies

text: their

text: faces

text: and

text: their

text: bodies

text: as

text: they

text: 're

text: projected

text: onto

text: her

text: living

text: room

text: wall

text: she

text: looks

text: in

text: her

text: bathroom

text: mirror

text: and

text: experiments

text: with

text: her

text: own

text: hair

text: and

text: stance

text: noting

text: how

text: even

text: small

text: changes

text: can

text: make

text: a

text: significant

text: difference

text: in

text: a

text: woman

text: 's

text: overall

text: appearance

text: Margaret

text: is

text: also

text: studying

text: in

text: her

text: suite

text: at

text: a

text: Seattle

text: hotel

text: photos

text: of

text: rare

text: coins

text: an

text: old

text: video

text: of

text: a

text: Coast

text: Salish

text: Native

text: American

text: ritual

text: Her

text: objective

text: soon

text: becomes

text: clear

text: these

text: are

text: all

text: interests

text: and

text: hobbies

text: of

text: William

text: McCrory

text: Nicol

text: Williamsen

text: a

text: noted

text: anthropologist

text: chairman

text: of

text: the

text: Native

text: American

text: Museum

text: Board

text: late

text: middle

text: aged

text: a

text: lifelong

text: bachelor

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: five

text: wealthiest

text: men

text: in

text: Washington

text: State

text: Bruce

text: is

text: not

text: convinced

text: by

text: Alex

text: 's

text: evidence

text: and

text: theory

text: He

text: argues

text: that

text: the

text: Dallas

text: woman

text: is

text: slimmer

text: younger

text: Alex

text: counters

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: make

text: up

text: attitude

text: posture

text: He

text: reminds

text: her

text: that

text: her

text: job

text: is

text: data

text: analysis

text: and

text: that

text: she

text: does

text: the

text: best

text: work

text: in

text: the

text: office

text: and

text: she

text: should

text: n't

text: try

text: to

text: get

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: excitement

text: in

text: her

text: life

text: out

text: of

text: her

text: job

text: Alex

text: is

text: outraged

text: she

text: feels

text: he

text: 's

text: overstepping

text: his

text: bounds

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: he

text: just

text: wants

text: her

text: to

text: be

text: happy

text: she

text: is

text: n't

text: happy

text: and

text: she

text: deserves

text: to

text: be

text: happy

text: Bruce

text: she

text: pleads

text: Make

text: me

text: happy

text: After

text: a

text: long

text: silence

text: he

text: finally

text: gives

text: her

text: permission

text: to

text: go

text: after

text: her

text: Black

text: Widow".Margaret

text: approaches

text: Irene

text: Rutanya

text: Alda

text: a

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Museum

text: Board

text: and

text: offers

text: to

text: donate

text: a

text: million

text: dollars

text: to

text: the

text: museum

text: in

text: exchange

text: for

text: a

text: seat

text: on

text: the

text: board

text: of

text: directors

text: Irene

text: primly

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: those

text: seats

text: are

text: not

text: for

text: sale

text: Fine

text: replies

text: Margaret

text: evenly

text: I

text: 'm

text: sure

text: Mr.

text: McCrory

text: will

text: appreciate

text: my

text: intentions

text: and

text: leaves

text: In

text: the

text: next

text: scene

text: a

text: meeting

text: of

text: the

text: board

text: of

text: directors

text: William

text: McCrory

text: tells

text: Margaret

text: that

text: as

text: their

text: newest

text: board

text: member

text: they

text: want

text: to

text: hear

text: her

text: views

text: She

text: reluctantly

text: suggests

text: that

text: they

text: should

text: n't

text: concentrate

text: so

text: much

text: on

text: acquisition

text: of

text: Coast

text: Salish

text: artifacts

text: McCrory

text: 's

text: specialty

text: field

text: and

text: his

text: passion

text: they

text: should

text: try

text: to

text: exhibit

text: equally

text: artifacts

text: from

text: all

text: tribes

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: bold

text: and

text: risky

text: strategy

text: but

text: it

text: works

text: she

text: states

text: her

text: reasoning

text: articulately

text: and

text: movingly

text: and

text: McCrory

text: is

text: instantly

text: smitten

text: with

text: her

text: Alex

text: visits

text: the

text: sisters

text: of

text: the

text: first

text: two

text: victims

text: She

text: interviews

text: Sara

text: first

text: who

text: still

text: believes

text: in

text: Catharine

text: and

text: is

text: very

text: put

text: off

text: by

text: Alex

text: 's

text: theories

text: and

text: manner

text: She

text: sees

text: Etta

text: next

text: who

text: is

text: lying

text: on

text: a

text: tanning

text: bed

text: in

text: an

text: expensive

text: salon

text: Etta

text: says

text: she

text: also

text: suspected

text: Marielle

text: But

text: since

text: Ben

text: was

text: dead

text: and

text: nothing

text: could

text: bring

text: him

text: back

text: she

text: decided

text: to

text: avoid

text: the

text: scandal

text: and

text: publicity

text: of

text: accusing

text: her

text: sister

text: in

text: law

text: of

text: murder

text: Alex

text: suggests

text: rather

text: pointedly

text: that

text: she

text: might

text: have

text: been

text: influenced

text: by

text: the

text: gift

text: as

text: well

text: Etta

text: sits

text: up

text: takes

text: off

text: her

text: protective

text: glasses

text: gives

text: Alex

text: a

text: long

text: look

text: and

text: says

text: sweetly

text: You

text: 're

text: looking

text: a

text: little

text: peaked

text: my

text: dear

text: can

text: I

text: buy

text: you

text: a

text: tan?"William

text: and

text: Margaret

text: have

text: been

text: seeing

text: each

text: other

text: dinner

text: long

text: walks

text: quiet

text: discussions

text: over

text: afternoon

text: tea

text: or

text: evening

text: coffee

text: One

text: day

text: he

text: takes

text: her

text: on

text: a

text: ferry

text: ride

text: and

text: a

text: long

text: drive

text: to

text: his

text: family

text: 's

text: cabin

text: in

text: the

text: woods

text: It

text: is

text: large

text: elegant

text: peaceful

text: and

text: inviting

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: has

text: always

text: meant

text: to

text: live

text: here

text: someday

text: Why

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: asks

text: Margaret

text: He

text: looks

text: at

text: her

text: and

text: says

text: Why

text: do

text: n't

text: WE

text: During

text: the

text: passionate

text: lovemaking

text: that

text: follows

text: Margaret

text: notices

text: a

text: medallion

text: that

text: William

text: wears

text: on

text: a

text: chain

text: around

text: his

text: neck

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: Medic

text: Alert

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: I

text: 'm

text: allergic

text: to

text: penicillin

text: She

text: lets

text: out

text: a

text: low

text: laugh

text: and

text: kisses

text: him

text: lustily

text: At

text: the

text: Justice

text: Department

text: the

text: guys

text: and

text: Alex

text: are

text: engrossed

text: in

text: a

text: late

text: night

text: poker

text: game

text: In

text: the

text: last

text: hand

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: guys

text: Herb

text: David

text: Mamet

text: obviously

text: has

text: the

text: winning

text: cards

text: The

text: others

text: fold

text: but

text: Alex

text: the

text: lone

text: female

text: decides

text: he

text: 's

text: bluffing

text: She

text: meets

text: his

text: bet

text: then

text: raises

text: and

text: then

text: recklessly

text: another

text: even

text: after

text: the

text: other

text: guys

text: warn

text: her

text: he

text: 's

text: clearly

text: got

text: the

text: cards

text: When

text: she

text: loses

text: she

text: defiantly

text: reminds

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: 'd

text: won

text: big

text: from

text: him

text: the

text: week

text: before

text: While

text: the

text: rest

text: leave

text: she

text: sits

text: down

text: at

text: her

text: desk

text: and

text: puts

text: her

text: head

text: down

text: on

text: her

text: folded

text: arms

text: Bruce

text: offers

text: to

text: give

text: her

text: a

text: neck

text: rub

text: and

text: while

text: he

text: does

text: so

text: they

text: chat

text: about

text: her

text: Borgia

text: lady

text: Bruce

text: makes

text: a

text: tentative

text: pass

text: at

text: her

text: which

text: she

text: rejects

text: He

text: shrugs

text: philosophically

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: she

text: needs

text: more

text: time

text: and

text: resources

text: to

text: find

text: her

text: but

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: 's

text: already

text: there

text: they've

text: narrowed

text: it

text: down

text: to

text: six

text: women

text: She

text: says

text: she

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: check

text: them

text: out

text: he

text: warns

text: her

text: to

text: be

text: careful

text: She

text: laughs

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: he

text: 's

text: full

text: of

text: shit

text: and

text: she

text: 'll

text: call

text: him

text: from

text: Denver

text: or

text: maybe

text: Seattle

text: In

text: Seattle

text: Alex

text: quickly

text: finds

text: Margaret

text: and

text: follows

text: her

text: observing

text: her

text: for

text: several

text: days

text: Posing

text: as

text: a

text: reporter

text: from

text: the

text: Post

text: Intelligencer

text: she

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: museum

text: and

text: talks

text: to

text: Irene

text: trying

text: to

text: get

text: whatever

text: information

text: they

text: have

text: on

text: her

text: Irene

text: admits

text: to

text: not

text: knowing

text: much

text: and

text: before

text: Alex

text: can

text: stop

text: her

text: she

text: calls

text: Margaret

text: 's

text: office

text: to

text: see

text: if

text: she

text: can

text: come

text: talk

text: to

text: Alex

text: herself

text: William

text: responds

text: instead

text: says

text: Margaret

text: 's

text: not

text: in

text: today

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: he

text: can

text: help

text: He

text: catches

text: Alex

text: in

text: her

text: lie

text: about

text: being

text: from

text: the

text: Post

text: Intelligencer

text: and

text: she

text: explains

text: sheepishly

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: a

text: free

text: lance

text: writer

text: doing

text: an

text: article

text: on

text: powerful

text: women

text: on

text: spec

text: Instead

text: of

text: being

text: angry

text: he

text: is

text: sympathetic

text: admitting

text: that

text: he

text: never

text: had

text: to

text: prove

text: himself

text: that

text: way

text: He

text: asks

text: where

text: she

text: is

text: staying

text: and

text: she

text: replies

text: At

text: the

text: Hilton

text: He

text: warns

text: that

text: his

text: wife

text: is

text: very

text: private

text: but

text: promises

text: to

text: ask

text: her

text: to

text: contact

text: Alex

text: there

text: Alex

text: thanks

text: him

text: and

text: starts

text: to

text: leave

text: then

text: pauses

text: undecided

text: still

text: looking

text: at

text: him

text: He

text: looks

text: back

text: at

text: her

text: a

text: bit

text: surprised

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: there

text: 's

text: anything

text: else

text: No

text: I

text: guess

text: not

text: she

text: says

text: and

text: leaves

text: him

text: to

text: his

text: potsherds

text: Margaret

text: has

text: gone

text: to

text: the

text: doctor

text: for

text: a

text: physical

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: has

text: a

text: case

text: of

text: recurring

text: tonsillitis

text: and

text: what

text: with

text: the

text: Seattle

text: weather

text: He

text: grabs

text: his

text: prescription

text: pad

text: and

text: asks

text: what

text: antibiotic

text: usually

text: works

text: for

text: her

text: Penicillin

text: she

text: replies

text: Alex

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: Seattle

text: Police

text: Department

text: and

text: puts

text: her

text: evidence

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: Detective

text: Ricci

text: Leo

text: Rossi

text: He

text: ridicules

text: her

text: refuses

text: to

text: cooperate

text: with

text: her

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: if

text: this

text: is

text: what

text: the

text: Justice

text: Department

text: calls

text: evidence

text: these

text: days

text: that

text: 's

text: the

text: scariest

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: whole

text: story

text: The

text: thing

text: is

text: Alex

text: tells

text: him

text: as

text: she

text: leaves

text: I

text: know

text: I

text: 'm

text: right."Later

text: William

text: tells

text: Margaret

text: of

text: the

text: nice

text: young

text: woman

text: he

text: met

text: that

text: day

text: and

text: of

text: her

text: interest

text: in

text: Margaret

text: Margaret

text: hides

text: her

text: uneasiness

text: from

text: him

text: but

text: she

text: hurries

text: to

text: the

text: Seattle

text: Hilton

text: and

text: asks

text: about

text: the

text: young

text: woman

text: only

text: to

text: learn

text: she

text: has

text: checked

text: out

text: and

text: moved

text: to

text: the

text: Inn

text: at

text: the

text: Market

text: She

text: rushes

text: over

text: to

text: the

text: Inn

text: storms

text: in

text: and

text: storms

text: back

text: out

text: again

text: almost

text: immediately

text: Alex

text: is

text: in

text: a

text: car

text: parked

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: watching

text: Margaret

text: is

text: visibly

text: disturbed

text: and

text: angry

text: she

text: gets

text: back

text: into

text: her

text: car

text: and

text: slams

text: the

text: door

text: catching

text: part

text: of

text: her

text: coat

text: in

text: it

text: she

text: rips

text: at

text: it

text: to

text: free

text: it

text: getting

text: more

text: furious

text: by

text: the

text: moment

text: Her

text: behavior

text: normally

text: so

text: measured

text: and

text: controlled

text: is

text: so

text: atypical

text: as

text: to

text: be

text: frightening

text: At

text: last

text: she

text: screams

text: in

text: rage

text: and

text: frustration

text: and

text: slams

text: her

text: forehead

text: against

text: the

text: steering

text: wheel

text: Afterward

text: calmer

text: she

text: reaches

text: into

text: the

text: glove

text: compartment

text: and

text: takes

text: out

text: several

text: travel

text: brochures

text: Leafing

text: through

text: them

text: she

text: settles

text: on

text: the

text: one

text: for

text: Hawaii

text: and

text: drives

text: away

text: Next

text: day

text: at

text: the

text: cabin

text: Margaret

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: bathroom

text: opening

text: a

text: new

text: tube

text: of

text: toothpaste

text: She

text: squeezes

text: a

text: dollop

text: onto

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: a

text: hand

text: mirror

text: and

text: empties

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: penicillin

text: capsules

text: onto

text: it

text: As

text: she

text: is

text: mixing

text: the

text: two

text: substances

text: William

text: enters

text: downstairs

text: and

text: calls

text: to

text: her

text: she

text: hastily

text: finishes

text: stuffs

text: as

text: much

text: of

text: the

text: blended

text: paste

text: back

text: into

text: the

text: tube

text: as

text: she

text: can

text: and

text: puts

text: the

text: tube

text: back

text: in

text: the

text: drawer

text: The

text: mirror

text: goes

text: into

text: the

text: basin

text: with

text: water

text: running

text: over

text: it

text: to

text: wash

text: away

text: all

text: traces

text: She

text: starts

text: downstairs

text: to

text: join

text: him

text: and

text: William

text: tells

text: her

text: of

text: an

text: upcoming

text: meeting

text: with

text: his

text: family

text: on

text: their

text: shared

text: business

text: concerns

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: does

text: n't

text: think

text: she

text: should

text: go

text: she'd

text: feel

text: like

text: an

text: intruder

text: You

text: 're

text: my

text: wife

text: he

text: says

text: simply

text: I

text: want

text: you

text: with

text: me

text: She

text: smiles

text: sweetly

text: and

text: replies

text: I

text: DO

text: like

text: the

text: way

text: you

text: say

text: that."Alex

text: is

text: back

text: in

text: Detective

text: Ricci

text: 's

text: office

text: She

text: is

text: angry

text: agitated

text: Where

text: did

text: they

text: find

text: him

text: she

text: asks

text: Look

text: Agatha

text: Christie

text: there

text: 's

text: been

text: no

text: homicide

text: he

text: says

text: He

text: died

text: of

text: a

text: heart

text: attack

text: boom!--just

text: like

text: everybody

text: else

text: But

text: Alex

text: guesses

text: he

text: is

text: n't

text: feeling

text: as

text: confident

text: as

text: he

text: sounds

text: She

text: 's

text: left

text: town

text: has

text: n't

text: she

text: she

text: says

text: and

text: you

text: have

text: no

text: idea

text: where

text: she

text: 's

text: gone

text: You

text: 're

text: scared

text: shitless

text: Ricci

text: they're

text: going

text: to

text: find

text: out

text: about

text: me

text: and

text: they

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: wonder

text: why

text: you

text: did

text: n't

text: check

text: it

text: out

text: when

text: you

text: had

text: the

text: chance

text: But

text: Ricci

text: refuses

text: to

text: admit

text: he

text: was

text: wrong

text: or

text: make

text: any

text: attempt

text: to

text: assist

text: Alex

text: returns

text: to

text: Washington

text: and

text: resigns

text: from

text: her

text: job

text: Bruce

text: tries

text: to

text: talk

text: her

text: out

text: of

text: it

text: telling

text: her

text: that

text: she

text: has

text: six

text: years

text: on

text: the

text: job

text: which

text: should

text: n't

text: just

text: be

text: thrown

text: away

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: same

text: room

text: with

text: the

text: victim

text: four

text: feet

text: away

text: You

text: could

text: n't

text: tell

text: him

text: he

text: says

text: he

text: 'd

text: have

text: gone

text: straight

text: to

text: her

text: you

text: 'd

text: be

text: blown

text: and

text: she

text: 'd

text: disappear

text: But

text: maybe

text: he

text: 'd

text: be

text: alive

text: she

text: counters

text: He

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: a

text: chance

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: give

text: him

text: a

text: chance

text: As

text: she

text: 's

text: walking

text: out

text: of

text: Bruce

text: 's

text: office

text: Michael

text: calls

text: her

text: over

text: he

text: 's

text: already

text: traced

text: Margaret

text: 's

text: escape

text: route

text: Alex

text: gives

text: up

text: her

text: apartment

text: and

text: sells

text: her

text: belongings

text: Bruce

text: visits

text: her

text: the

text: night

text: before

text: she

text: leaves

text: for

text: Hawaii

text: As

text: a

text: parting

text: gift

text: he

text: hands

text: her

text: an

text: airline

text: ticket

text: I

text: 've

text: already

text: got

text: my

text: ticket

text: she

text: says

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: ticket

text: back

text: to

text: Washington

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: She

text: smiles

text: and

text: replies

text: I

text: 'll

text: be

text: back

text: with

text: a

text: tan."Margaret

text: has

text: now

text: transformed

text: herself

text: into

text: Rennie

text: Walker

text: Athletic

text: outdoorsy

text: with

text: a

text: superb

text: tan

text: and

text: a

text: long

text: thick

text: mane

text: of

text: tawny

text: blonde

text: hair

text: She

text: favors

text: sexy

text: Hawaiian

text: print

text: sarongs

text: and

text: halter

text: tops

text: brightly

text: colored

text: swimsuits

text: and

text: sportswear

text: Her

text: target

text: this

text: time

text: is

text: Paul

text: Nuyten

text: Sami

text: Frey

text: owner

text: of

text: half

text: a

text: dozen

text: luxury

text: hotels

text: around

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: younger

text: and

text: more

text: attractive

text: than

text: the

text: other

text: men

text: we

text: 've

text: seen

text: Alex

text: has

text: hired

text: a

text: private

text: detective

text: to

text: help

text: her

text: find

text: Margaret

text: in

text: her

text: latest

text: incarnation

text: a

text: seedy

text: Asian

text: man

text: named

text: Shin

text: James

text: Hong

text: She

text: confronts

text: him

text: in

text: his

text: office

text: in

text: a

text: run

text: down

text: building

text: near

text: the

text: docks

text: He

text: claims

text: at

text: first

text: not

text: to

text: have

text: found

text: the

text: woman

text: and

text: tries

text: to

text: shake

text: Alex

text: down

text: for

text: more

text: money

text: But

text: Alex

text: does

text: n't

text: buy

text: it

text: she

text: demands

text: the

text: information

text: for

text: which

text: she

text: 's

text: already

text: paid

text: Rennie

text: is

text: attending

text: a

text: women

text: 's

text: scuba

text: diving

text: class

text: at

text: her

text: hotel

text: The

text: instructor

text: tells

text: the

text: women

text: to

text: get

text: into

text: the

text: pool

text: and

text: pair

text: off

text: and

text: a

text: plump

text: girl

text: with

text: an

text: obnoxious

text: cough

text: immediately

text: offers

text: to

text: be

text: Rennie

text: 's

text: partner

text: "I'm

text: not

text: really

text: contagious

text: she

text: assures

text: Rennie

text: brightly

text: Another

text: woman

text: nearby

text: turns

text: around

text: suddenly

text: we

text: see

text: it

text: is

text: Alex

text: and

text: she

text: says

text: My

text: friend

text: promised

text: to

text: be

text: MY

text: partner

text: to

text: the

text: coughing

text: girl

text: who

text: leaves

text: in

text: something

text: of

text: a

text: huff

text: Rennie

text: introduces

text: herself

text: and

text: tells

text: Alex

text: she

text: owes

text: her

text: a

text: beer

text: Alex

text: introduces

text: herself

text: as

text: Jessica

text: Bates

text: and

text: says

text: she

text: 'll

text: take

text: her

text: up

text: on

text: it

text: After

text: the

text: class

text: they

text: have

text: a

text: drink

text: together

text: on

text: the

text: hotel

text: lanai

text: Alex

text: jokes

text: about

text: how

text: much

text: better

text: Rennie

text: looks

text: than

text: she

text: does

text: and

text: Rennie

text: invites

text: her

text: up

text: to

text: her

text: room

text: for

text: what

text: she

text: calls

text: a

text: real

text: drink".Alex

text: sees

text: pictures

text: of

text: Paul

text: Nuyten

text: on

text: Rennie

text: 's

text: table

text: and

text: asks

text: about

text: him

text: Rennie

text: tells

text: her

text: who

text: he

text: is

text: and

text: invites

text: her

text: to

text: a

text: party

text: he

text: 's

text: having

text: at

text: his

text: home

text: that

text: night

text: as

text: her

text: guest

text: She

text: loans

text: Alex

text: a

text: dress

text: even

text: takes

text: her

text: to

text: her

text: hairdresser

text: and

text: the

text: two

text: women

text: show

text: up

text: together

text: in

text: style

text: Alex

text: watches

text: the

text: interaction

text: between

text: Paul

text: and

text: Rennie

text: things

text: do

text: n't

text: quite

text: seem

text: to

text: be

text: going

text: all

text: her

text: way

text: this

text: time

text: Paul

text: is

text: quite

text: a

text: player

text: in

text: his

text: own

text: right

text: Rennie

text: has

text: sensed

text: that

text: if

text: she

text: has

text: sex

text: with

text: him

text: too

text: soon

text: she

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: persuade

text: him

text: to

text: marry

text: her

text: she'll

text: merely

text: become

text: another

text: of

text: his

text: conquests

text: So

text: her

text: strategy

text: is

text: a

text: waiting

text: game

text: for

text: the

text: present

text: putting

text: him

text: off

text: but

text: still

text: sending

text: come

text: on

text: signals

text: until

text: she

text: can

text: think

text: of

text: another

text: way

text: Alex

text: and

text: Rennie

text: continue

text: to

text: hang

text: out

text: together

text: drives

text: hikes

text: picnics

text: They

text: stop

text: at

text: the

text: fish

text: market

text: one

text: morning

text: before

text: an

text: outing

text: they

text: prowl

text: through

text: the

text: aisles

text: separately

text: looking

text: for

text: picnic

text: fare

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: happens

text: to

text: be

text: there

text: and

text: approaches

text: Alex

text: for

text: another

text: try

text: at

text: a

text: shakedown

text: Aware

text: that

text: Rennie

text: could

text: be

text: watching

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: in

text: a

text: low

text: furious

text: voice

text: that

text: this

text: a

text: Federal

text: DOJ

text: operation

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: to

text: offer

text: her

text: a

text: cigarette

text: Confused

text: he

text: does

text: so

text: and

text: she

text: turns

text: him

text: down

text: Now

text: point

text: at

text: the

text: fish

text: she

text: orders

text: he

text: does

text: and

text: she

text: shakes

text: her

text: head

text: no

text: while

text: telling

text: him

text: to

text: go

text: away

text: and

text: stay

text: away

text: or

text: she

text: 'll

text: have

text: him

text: arrested

text: for

text: obstruction

text: of

text: justice

text: Rennie

text: HAS

text: been

text: watching

text: and

text: she

text: is

text: n't

text: fooled

text: by

text: Alex

text: 's

text: glib

text: explanation

text: of

text: the

text: incident

text: That

text: night

text: she

text: calls

text: Sara

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: any

text: young

text: women

text: claiming

text: to

text: be

text: reporters

text: have

text: come

text: around

text: asking

text: about

text: her

text: Sara

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: there

text: was

text: one

text: but

text: that

text: she

text: had

text: identified

text: herself

text: as

text: a

text: federal

text: agent

text: Rennie

text: hastily

text: hangs

text: up

text: Frightened

text: and

text: angry

text: she

text: screams

text: another

text: of

text: her

text: primal

text: screams

text: and

text: slams

text: her

text: fist

text: into

text: her

text: belly

text: Alex

text: and

text: Rennie

text: go

text: scuba

text: diving

text: from

text: a

text: deserted

text: beach

text: with

text: black

text: sand

text: At

text: first

text: they

text: stay

text: together

text: as

text: they

text: were

text: taught

text: in

text: their

text: class

text: But

text: then

text: they

text: move

text: apart

text: Rennie

text: stops

text: at

text: a

text: rock

text: outcropping

text: and

text: waits

text: watching

text: Alex

text: Alex

text: is

text: inspecting

text: the

text: corral

text: and

text: the

text: shellfish

text: suddenly

text: she

text: grabs

text: her

text: mouthpiece

text: no

text: air

text: is

text: coming

text: through

text: Desperate

text: she

text: makes

text: a

text: dash

text: for

text: the

text: surface

text: But

text: Rennie

text: intervenes

text: They

text: struggle

text: briefly

text: and

text: Rennie

text: rips

text: Alex

text: 's

text: mouthpiece

text: out

text: of

text: her

text: mouth

text: Then

text: she

text: takes

text: the

text: mouthpiece

text: from

text: her

text: own

text: mouth

text: and

text: pushes

text: it

text: at

text: Alex

text: Alex

text: takes

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: ragged

text: breaths

text: and

text: Rennie

text: takes

text: the

text: regulator

text: back

text: she

text: takes

text: two

text: breaths

text: herself

text: and

text: pushes

text: it

text: again

text: toward

text: Alex

text: as

text: they

text: were

text: taught

text: in

text: class

text: In

text: this

text: way

text: they

text: are

text: able

text: to

text: ascend

text: to

text: the

text: surface

text: safely

text: On

text: the

text: beach

text: Alex

text: is

text: angry

text: suspicious

text: Rennie

text: is

text: conciliatory

text: and

text: reminds

text: Alex

text: of

text: how

text: lucky

text: she

text: was

text: that

text: she

text: Rennie

text: had

text: n't

text: had

text: her

text: back

text: turned

text: But

text: the

text: incident

text: seems

text: intentional

text: and

text: apparently

text: accomplishes

text: the

text: goal

text: of

text: frightening

text: Alex

text: At

text: a

text: picnic

text: the

text: next

text: day

text: they

text: discuss

text: Rennie

text: 's

text: multiple

text: husbands

text: and

text: Rennie

text: admits

text: openly

text: that

text: was

text: how

text: she

text: got

text: rich

text: She

text: tells

text: Alex

text: she

text: used

text: to

text: think

text: of

text: it

text: as

text: her

text: job

text: finding

text: out

text: everything

text: about

text: them

text: making

text: herself

text: desirable

text: to

text: them

text: Alex

text: asks

text: why

text: one

text: was

text: n't

text: enough

text: Rich

text: is

text: hard

text: says

text: Rennie

text: You

text: never

text: really

text: think

text: you

text: 're

text: quite

text: there

text: She

text: glances

text: at

text: Alex

text: and

text: sees

text: the

text: troubled

text: look

text: on

text: her

text: face

text: I

text: loved

text: every

text: one

text: of

text: them

text: she

text: tells

text: her

text: Deeply

text: Honestly

text: She

text: delivers

text: her

text: next

text: comment

text: as

text: a

text: throw

text: away

text: It

text: would

text: n't

text: have

text: worked

text: any

text: other

text: way

text: Then

text: she

text: changes

text: the

text: subject

text: You

text: like

text: him

text: she

text: says

text: Paul

text: I

text: mean

text: Why

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: go

text: for

text: it

text: Alex

text: does

text: n't

text: respond

text: either

text: to

text: deny

text: or

text: agree

text: Rennie

text: tells

text: Alex

text: that

text: she

text: WANTS

text: her

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: play

text: for

text: him

text: that

text: at

text: this

text: point

text: in

text: her

text: life

text: she

text: Rennie

text: needs

text: someone

text: who

text: can

text: commit

text: They've

text: planned

text: an

text: afternoon

text: out

text: with

text: Paul

text: but

text: at

text: the

text: last

text: minute

text: Rennie

text: backs

text: out

text: pleading

text: a

text: headache

text: She

text: tells

text: them

text: to

text: go

text: without

text: her

text: They

text: do

text: so

text: and

text: they

text: have

text: a

text: lovely

text: time

text: and

text: during

text: the

text: afternoon

text: Paul

text: indicates

text: that

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: be

text: with

text: the

text: woman

text: he

text: knows

text: as

text: Jessica

text: Alex

text: is

text: also

text: attracted

text: to

text: Paul

text: but

text: is

text: wary

text: of

text: getting

text: involved

text: for

text: obvious

text: reasons

text: not

text: the

text: least

text: of

text: those

text: being

text: that

text: she

text: does

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: be

text: compared

text: with

text: Rennie

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: wants

text: to

text: know

text: that

text: whatever

text: they

text: have

text: will

text: be

text: honest

text: and

text: just

text: between

text: them

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: to

text: look

text: him

text: in

text: the

text: face

text: and

text: decide

text: She

text: does

text: and

text: she

text: is

text: convinced

text: And

text: so

text: they

text: make

text: love

text: Rennie

text: meanwhile

text: has

text: picked

text: the

text: lock

text: into

text: Alex

text: 's

text: apartment

text: and

text: is

text: searching

text: for

text: clues

text: into

text: her

text: identity

text: She

text: also

text: goes

text: to

text: see

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: walking

text: unannounced

text: into

text: his

text: office

text: just

text: as

text: he

text: 's

text: walking

text: out

text: of

text: his

text: bathroom

text: rolling

text: down

text: his

text: sleeve

text: which

text: rattles

text: and

text: angers

text: him

text: She

text: shows

text: him

text: a

text: picture

text: of

text: Alex

text: and

text: says

text: that

text: she

text: suspects

text: this

text: woman

text: has

text: been

text: seeing

text: her

text: fiance

text: She

text: wants

text: him

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: proof

text: He

text: recognizes

text: Alex

text: and

text: at

text: first

text: he

text: refuses

text: saying

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: do

text: this

text: kind

text: of

text: work

text: Rennie

text: says

text: to

text: him

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: I

text: 'll

text: tell

text: you

text: two

text: things

text: about

text: me

text: I

text: 'm

text: very

text: rich

text: (she

text: takes

text: an

text: envelope

text: stuffed

text: with

text: money

text: out

text: of

text: her

text: purse

text: and

text: tosses

text: it

text: down

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: him)

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: very

text: wealthy

text: It

text: 's

text: an

text: offer

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: refuse

text: Later

text: we

text: see

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: taking

text: photographs

text: of

text: Alex

text: and

text: Paul

text: at

text: her

text: apartment

text: Paul

text: spends

text: the

text: night

text: and

text: when

text: he

text: leaves

text: the

text: next

text: morning

text: Alex

text: sees

text: him

text: out

text: She

text: goes

text: back

text: inside

text: and

text: sits

text: down

text: at

text: her

text: vanity

text: She

text: stares

text: at

text: herself

text: in

text: the

text: mirror

text: she

text: has

text: a

text: wistful

text: but

text: vaguely

text: happy

text: expression

text: on

text: her

text: face

text: Rennie

text: is

text: at

text: Paul

text: 's

text: home

text: that

text: night

text: has

text: apparently

text: come

text: there

text: to

text: reproach

text: him

text: for

text: the

text: affair

text: with

text: Alex

text: He

text: 's

text: sad

text: puzzled

text: he

text: thought

text: that

text: 's

text: what

text: she

text: wanted

text: She

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: make

text: her

text: a

text: drink

text: before

text: she

text: goes

text: back

text: to

text: town

text: when

text: he

text: comes

text: back

text: with

text: the

text: drinks

text: he

text: finds

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: pool

text: naked

text: "Why

text: tonight

text: he

text: asks

text: After

text: all

text: this

text: time

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: 've

text: waited

text: long

text: enough

text: she

text: replies

text: And

text: he

text: joins

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: pool

text: Paul

text: visits

text: Alex

text: to

text: break

text: the

text: news

text: to

text: her

text: that

text: he

text: and

text: Rennie

text: are

text: together

text: now

text: and

text: plan

text: to

text: marry

text: In

text: spite

text: of

text: herself

text: she

text: is

text: hurt

text: her

text: feelings

text: for

text: him

text: were

text: genuine

text: She

text: attends

text: the

text: wedding

text: and

text: arranges

text: for

text: a

text: few

text: minutes

text: alone

text: with

text: Rennie

text: Woman

text: in

text: love

text: she

text: says

text: ironically

text: Did

text: you

text: really

text: doubt

text: it

text: replies

text: Rennie

text: lightly

text: I

text: helped

text: you

text: get

text: here

text: did

text: n't

text: I

text: responds

text: Alex

text: When

text: you

text: put

text: us

text: together

text: it

text: made

text: him

text: want

text: you

text: all

text: the

text: more

text: So

text: I

text: guess

text: you

text: could

text: say

text: that

text: my

text: gift

text: to

text: you

text: was

text: the

text: groom

text: Rennie

text: hesitates

text: then

text: says

text: I

text: meant

text: it

text: as

text: an

text: exchange

text: of

text: gifts

text: Taking

text: a

text: small

text: gift

text: wrapped

text: package

text: from

text: her

text: purse

text: Alex

text: says

text: In

text: that

text: case

text: I

text: still

text: owe

text: you

text: one

text: and

text: she

text: hands

text: it

text: to

text: Rennie

text: It

text: 's

text: revealed

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: pin

text: fashioned

text: to

text: look

text: like

text: a

text: black

text: widow

text: spider

text: Rennie

text: is

text: slightly

text: annoyed

text: but

text: not

text: shaken

text: "Such

text: an

text: intriguing

text: gift

text: she

text: tells

text: Alex

text: Makes

text: me

text: wish

text: I

text: had

text: more

text: to

text: share

text: with

text: you

text: The

text: truth

text: is

text: I

text: 'm

text: almost

text: sorry

text: it

text: 's

text: over

text: The

text: truth

text: is

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: over

text: replies

text: Alex

text: Rennie

text: smiles

text: and

text: says

text: Until

text: then

text: Then

text: she

text: suddenly

text: catches

text: Alex

text: her

text: hand

text: on

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: her

text: neck

text: draws

text: her

text: swiftly

text: to

text: her

text: kisses

text: her

text: hard

text: on

text: the

text: mouth

text: and

text: just

text: as

text: swiftly

text: releases

text: her

text: and

text: walks

text: away

text: Rennie

text: goes

text: back

text: to

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: 's

text: office

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: pictures

text: he

text: has

text: taken

text: He

text: shows

text: them

text: to

text: her

text: and

text: they

text: 're

text: as

text: incriminating

text: as

text: she

text: could

text: have

text: wanted

text: She

text: pulls

text: a

text: gun

text: on

text: Mr.

text: Shin

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: he

text: can

text: die

text: or

text: he

text: can

text: die

text: happy

text: He

text: has

text: five

text: seconds

text: to

text: decide

text: She

text: begins

text: to

text: count

text: Pleading

text: for

text: his

text: life

text: in

text: Chinese

text: he

text: takes

text: a

text: kit

text: from

text: his

text: desk

text: with

text: a

text: syringe

text: a

text: rubber

text: tube

text: and

text: a

text: stash

text: of

text: heroin

text: As

text: he

text: rolls

text: up

text: his

text: sleeve

text: and

text: injects

text: himself

text: with

text: a

text: fatal

text: dose

text: Rennie

text: moves

text: closer

text: to

text: him

text: strokes

text: his

text: head

text: and

text: continues

text: to

text: count

text: She

text: leaves

text: the

text: pictures

text: on

text: his

text: desk

text: HPD

text: is

text: investigating

text: Shin

text: 's

text: death

text: At

text: first

text: they

text: 're

text: convinced

text: it

text: 's

text: what

text: it

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: an

text: ordinary

text: garden

text: variety

text: overdose

text: But

text: Alex

text: shows

text: up

text: at

text: the

text: scene

text: and

text: asks

text: to

text: speak

text: to

text: the

text: detective

text: in

text: charge

text: Danny

text: Kamekona).Rennie

text: takes

text: a

text: trip

text: to

text: the

text: mainland

text: for

text: a

text: few

text: days

text: Alex

text: invites

text: Paul

text: over

text: to

text: her

text: apartment

text: and

text: tries

text: to

text: warn

text: him

text: of

text: his

text: danger

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: about

text: Rennie

text: 's

text: past

text: and

text: even

text: reveals

text: her

text: own

text: identity

text: and

text: involvement

text: He

text: is

text: angry

text: hurt

text: but

text: wo

text: n't

text: believe

text: her

text: She

text: does

text: n't

text: need

text: my

text: money

text: he

text: says

text: I

text: 've

text: seen

text: her

text: portfolio

text: bank

text: accounts

text: I

text: 've

text: just

text: told

text: you

text: how

text: she

text: got

text: them

text: Alex

text: replies

text: Then

text: how

text: do

text: you

text: explain

text: our

text: wills

text: he

text: asks

text: They

text: leave

text: everything

text: to

text: the

text: Cancer

text: Foundation

text: and

text: nothing

text: to

text: each

text: other

text: It

text: was

text: HER

text: idea

text: But

text: Alex

text: has

text: no

text: answer

text: for

text: this

text: and

text: he

text: leaves

text: The

text: HPD

text: detective

text: meets

text: Rennie

text: at

text: the

text: airport

text: when

text: she

text: comes

text: back

text: from

text: the

text: mainland

text: He

text: breaks

text: the

text: news

text: to

text: her

text: of

text: her

text: husband

text: 's

text: death

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: woman

text: claiming

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: federal

text: agent

text: insinuating

text: Rennie

text: murdered

text: him

text: He

text: asks

text: permission

text: to

text: search

text: the

text: home

text: and

text: Rennie

text: gives

text: her

text: consent

text: Then

text: with

text: just

text: the

text: right

text: tone

text: and

text: manner

text: of

text: a

text: grieving

text: outraged

text: widow

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: the

text: woman

text: Alex

text: or

text: Jessica

text: or

text: whoever

text: she

text: claims

text: to

text: be

text: was

text: her

text: husband

text: 's

text: lover

text: before

text: and

text: after

text: their

text: marriage

text: so

text: as

text: long

text: as

text: they

text: 're

text: searching

text: her

text: home

text: they

text: 'd

text: better

text: search

text: Alex

text: 's

text: place

text: as

text: well

text: A

text: bottle

text: of

text: poison

text: is

text: found

text: in

text: Alex

text: 's

text: apartment

text: She

text: is

text: arrested

text: and

text: taken

text: to

text: jail

text: The

text: HPD

text: detective

text: thanks

text: Rennie

text: for

text: her

text: cooperation

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: a

text: little

text: of

text: the

text: evidence

text: implicating

text: Alex

text: mentioning

text: the

text: poison

text: and

text: the

text: pictures

text: they

text: found

text: in

text: Shin

text: 's

text: office

text: Rennie

text: admits

text: she

text: was

text: responsible

text: for

text: the

text: pictures

text: that

text: she

text: 'd

text: hired

text: Shin

text: and

text: then

text: been

text: too

text: ashamed

text: to

text: go

text: back

text: for

text: them

text: The

text: HPD

text: detective

text: thinks

text: this

text: over

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: they

text: 'd

text: figured

text: Shin

text: 's

text: death

text: as

text: an

text: overdose

text: but

text: perhaps

text: Miss

text: Barnes

text: has

text: that

text: to

text: answer

text: for

text: as

text: well

text: Rennie

text: is

text: called

text: to

text: a

text: meeting

text: with

text: two

text: representatives

text: from

text: the

text: Cancer

text: Foundation

text: It

text: seems

text: that

text: since

text: Paul

text: 's

text: legal

text: residence

text: was

text: Florida

text: the

text: Florida

text: Mortmain

text: Statute

text: applies

text: to

text: his

text: will

text: any

text: bequest

text: to

text: charity

text: executed

text: within

text: six

text: months

text: of

text: death

text: can

text: be

text: invalidated

text: by

text: the

text: spouse

text: Of

text: course

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: requirement

text: that

text: you

text: do

text: so

text: says

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: representatives

text: hopefully

text: Rennie

text: looks

text: at

text: him

text: and

text: replies

text: evenly

text: Shortly

text: before

text: my

text: husband

text: died

text: he

text: expressed

text: reservations

text: about

text: your

text: organization

text: Profound

text: reservations

text: So

text: much

text: for

text: the

text: altruistic

text: wills

text: Alex

text: calls

text: Rennie

text: and

text: asks

text: her

text: to

text: come

text: to

text: the

text: jail

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: Although

text: she

text: 's

text: making

text: plans

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: island

text: Rennie

text: decides

text: to

text: do

text: so

text: They

text: meet

text: in

text: the

text: visitor

text: 's

text: room

text: with

text: a

text: chain

text: link

text: fence

text: and

text: a

text: counter

text: between

text: them

text: Rennie

text: smiles

text: pleasantly

text: Alex

text: doesn't

text: Rennie

text: looks

text: away

text: a

text: little

text: embarassed

text: and

text: sits

text: down

text: Alex

text: also

text: sits

text: Rennie

text: asks

text: if

text: Alex

text: is

text: ok

text: Alex

text: says

text: she

text: ca

text: n't

text: complain

text: mentions

text: that

text: there

text: are

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: psychological

text: tests

text: which

text: she

text: finds

text: strange

text: for

text: a

text: crime

text: of

text: passion

text: Rennie

text: explains

text: that

text: they

text: no

text: longer

text: think

text: Alex

text: murdered

text: Paul

text: out

text: of

text: jealousy

text: that

text: they

text: now

text: believe

text: her

text: obsession

text: was

text: with

text: Rennie

text: They

text: think

text: she

text: started

text: out

text: as

text: an

text: ambitious

text: federal

text: agent

text: who

text: thought

text: she

text: 'd

text: found

text: a

text: cunning

text: phantom

text: "and

text: you

text: chased

text: her

text: and

text: chased

text: her

text: and

text: when

text: you

text: thought

text: you

text: 'd

text: never

text: be

text: quite

text: quick

text: enough

text: to

text: catch

text: her

text: I

text: killed

text: Paul

text: Alex

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text: for

text: her

text: to

text: frame

text: you

text: Rennie

text: nods

text: The

text: matron

text: comes

text: in

text: from

text: the

text: door

text: behind

text: Alex

text: and

text: Alex

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text: to

text: have

text: a

text: whispered

text: conference

text: with

text: her

text: Thinking

text: the

text: interview

text: is

text: over

text: Rennie

text: starts

text: to

text: leave

text: But

text: Alex

text: comes

text: back

text: How

text: did

text: you

text: manage

text: it

text: she

text: asks

text: Did

text: you

text: sneak

text: back

text: from

text: the

text: mainland

text: Did

text: you

text: use

text: the

text: bottle

text: you

text: planted

text: in

text: my

text: apartment

text: Rennie

text: smiles

text: You

text: always

text: did

text: have

text: a

text: tendency

text: to

text: overthink

text: things

text: she

text: says

text: The

text: most

text: important

text: thing

text: about

text: figuring

text: anything

text: out

text: is

text: knowing

text: when

text: to

text: stop

text: Alex

text: is

text: silent

text: Of

text: all

text: the

text: relationships

text: I

text: 'll

text: look

text: back

text: on

text: in

text: fifty

text: years

text: time

text: Rennie

text: continues

text: I

text: 'll

text: always

text: remember

text: this

text: one."A

text: door

text: opens

text: behind

text: Rennie

text: she

text: turns

text: to

text: see

text: who

text: it

text: is

text: and

text: is

text: startled

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: sister

text: in

text: law

text: Sara

text: standing

text: there

text: with

text: the

text: HPD

text: detective

text: an

text: expression

text: of

text: disbelief

text: tinged

text: with

text: dawning

text: horror

text: on

text: her

text: face

text: Rennie

text: realizes

text: the

text: situation

text: has

text: just

text: become

text: very

text: sticky

text: but

text: it

text: still

text: might

text: be

text: possible

text: to

text: explain

text: her

text: way

text: out

text: Hello

text: Sara

text: she

text: manages

text: to

text: say

text: Good

text: to

text: see

text: you

text: She

text: glances

text: resentfully

text: at

text: Alex

text: Alex

text: nods

text: to

text: the

text: detective

text: he

text: motions

text: to

text: someone

text: outside

text: the

text: door

text: and

text: approaching

text: footsteps

text: are

text: heard

text: Something

text: in

text: Alex

text: 's

text: expression

text: warns

text: Rennie

text: that

text: something

text: important

text: is

text: about

text: to

text: happen

text: She

text: turns

text: to

text: look

text: and

text: stands

text: up

text: shocked

text: She

text: shudders

text: violently

text: as

text: she

text: tries

text: desperately

text: to

text: get

text: herself

text: under

text: control

text: The

text: camera

text: cuts

text: to

text: Paul

text: Nuyten

text: standing

text: just

text: inside

text: the

text: doorway

text: very

text: much

text: alive

text: and

text: well

text: Rennie

text: turns

text: quickly

text: to

text: Alex

text: and

text: says

text: I

text: want

text: you

text: to

text: know

text: I

text: put

text: the

text: poison

text: in

text: his

text: brandy

text: you

text: must

text: n't

text: let

text: him

text: We

text: know

text: interrupts

text: Alex

text: We

text: found

text: it

text: before

text: he

text: did

text: Rennie

text: turns

text: back

text: and

text: walks

text: slowly

text: toward

text: Paul

text: She

text: tries

text: to

text: kiss

text: him

text: but

text: although

text: he

text: allows

text: her

text: lips

text: to

text: touch

text: his

text: mouth

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: respond

text: She

text: walks

text: past

text: him

text: toward

text: the

text: door

text: with

text: one

text: last

text: lingering

text: look

text: over

text: her

text: shoulder

text: at

text: Alex

text: Sarah

text: and

text: the

text: detective

text: follow

text: her

text: Paul

text: and

text: Alex

text: stare

text: at

text: each

text: other

text: gravely

text: for

text: a

text: moment

text: Then

text: they

text: turn

text: away

text: from

text: each

text: other

text: and

text: leave

text: by

text: separate

text: exits

text: The

text: media

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: front

text: office

text: of

text: the

text: police

text: station

text: Alex

text: and

text: the

text: HPD

text: detective

text: come

text: down

text: the

text: stairs

text: he

text: runs

text: interference

text: for

text: her

text: fending

text: off

text: aggressive

text: photographers

text: and

text: reporters

text: She

text: responds

text: to

text: no

text: one

text: ignoring

text: questions

text: and

text: congratulations

text: alike

text: When

text: she

text: leaves

text: through

text: the

text: front

text: door

text: the

text: HPD

text: detective

text: turns

text: to

text: them

text: and

text: says

text: Now

text: we

text: 'll

text: give

text: you

text: a

text: story

text: and

text: leads

text: them

text: away

text: The

text: camera

text: stays

text: fixed

text: on

text: Alex

text: as

text: she

text: disappears

text: in

text: the

text: distance

question: who is attracted  to "Jessie" ?

question: What does Catherine do beside change her appearance when creating a new identity?

question: Who does Catherine visit in jail?

question: How many times has Catherine been married?

answer: Once

question: Who is Alex's boss that died?

question: who marries  paul?

answer: Catherine

question: What did Paul realize Catherine was after?

question: Who does Alex go undercover as?

answer: Jessie Bates

question: how paul death?

answer: SUICIDE