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“Oh. Yeah,” I mumbled. “Sorry.” It took two attempts to tug on my seatbelt and click it into place. My mind was still lost in the theatrics of the courtroom. Vaguely, I registered that we needed to drive home. Instead, we sat idle in the car park. I flicked a glance at Toby.

He frowned. “What happened in court was good, right?”

“Yeah, that was a good outcome. It would’ve been better if Kayleigh had conceded to the order and saved everyone a full hearing, but I guess she’s decided to put us through the wringer… Because she’s, um…”In love with my husband.

“Then why aren’t you smiling?” Toby asked. “You’re quiet. You’ve got your thinking face on. Something’s wrong, isn’t it?”

“Yeah.” A lot ofsomethings, actually.

Toby raked a hand through his hair. “Is it because the lawyers were arguing about Ian refusing to hand over some evidence?”

I nodded. “And Ian’s lawyered up. That’s not how people usually react unless they’ve got something to hide. He’s worried. There’s something he doesn’t want you to find.” I cocked my head, walking my mind through the maze of Toby’s work. “Where are the security cameras in the clinic?”

Toby paused, thinking a moment before jabbing the ignition button. The car hummed to life. “The cameras are mostly in the common areas. The waiting room. Outside the changing rooms. Judy’s office.” He lifted a shoulder. “In the carpark.”

“Treatment areas?”

He shook his head. “Patient privacy and all that.”

“How long does the security company keep the footage?” He flicked me a confused look, so I added, “Do they wipe the footage every day? Every month?”

“I have no idea,” he said. “Does it matter?”

“Maybe. It matters to Ian, and that’s…” Strange, that was what it was. Rather than plowing through the thoughts alone in my head, I turned to Toby. “Do you want to puzzle it out?”

His face brightened. “You’re going to solve the case with me?”

“Well, we can try.” I smiled back at him. “We’re in this together, right?”

“Right.” His nod was solemn. “Hit me, doll. Deputy Sullivan is listening.”

I laughed. “Okay, so first up, Kayleigh’s no actress. Her confusion seemed genuine, and I think she might really, um…”

Be in love with you.

Kayleigh’s blushed cheeks and the looks she’d snuck at Toby were real. She was infatuated with him. There was no criminal mastermind knocking around in her twenty-one-year-old body. She wasaproblem, but she wasn’ttheproblem.

Toby’s hand left the steering wheel to rest on my knee. “I know Kayleigh said some things that might’ve been hard to hear, but those silly words are all in her head. I’m not interested. Never was.” His smile was tight. “Just so we’re clear.”

“Then let’s focus on Ian.”

Toby slowed the car at the parking gate, his expression flat. “I’d like to do a whole lot of focusing on him with my right hook,” he muttered.

I stifled a laugh. “Keep up that macho crap, andyou’llbe the one in front of the magistrate.”

He tipped his head to show me his sly grin. “Nah, I’ve got a better lawyer than that arrogant dickhead we saw today. My lawyer’s smart and sexy—”

“Tobes.”

“Sorry, doll.” His chuckle indicated he wasn’t the least bit sorry for his teasing. “As you were saying—Ian. He’s got a lawyer.”

“Which is weird, and it’s even weirder he’s blocking them from getting access to evidence. Security tapes…employee records…”

“Are you thinking Ian put Kayleigh up to some of this?”

“Why would he?”

Toby flicked his eyes off the road to give me a pointed look. “Why do you think?”

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