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Patrick cleared his throat. He still couldn’t shake the feeling that things were about to be very different between him and Austin, and he wasn’t sure how to answer that. “I’ll let you know as soon as I do. For now, let’s just plan on us not being there.”

Elijah agreed, and Patrick ended the call. He was once again alone in his office pacing. How long before he knew if the police found the diamond? Did they know about the text? There were so many unanswered questions.

Forty-five minutes later, Austin called him.

“Victoria is on standby to fly to you if it looks like it’s needed. For now, I think you should head to Solitaire as planned. I can’t tell from the activity here whether or not they’ve found anything yet. Are you sure the picture was from inside your lab?”

Patrick chuckled at how fast she was talking. “It sure has hell looked that way. I can be on a plane to New York within the hour. You sure I shouldn’t come there?”

Austin blew out a breath. “It’s really hard to say, honestly. We’ll get copies of the police reports from the search in a week or two and you’ll get receipts for anything they take with them, but right now I’m just relying on what I can overhear. I have to get to court soon though, so I’m parking one of my new paralegals down here until they finish their search. I’ll still plan to get on the plane to Colorado after lunch.”

“I can’t wait to see you,” he whispered.

Austin cleared her throat. “I have to go. Don’t do anything stupid, please. I would like to keep you out of jail.”

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