“Nah, no biggie,” he says, waving a dismissive hand and gathering me in for a hug and kiss goodbye. “That’s one of the things I sent over to the defense the other day anyway.”
“It looks just like an aspirin. That’s what the Ecstasy looks like that they arrested Frank for?”
“Yep. Those are some of the pills. They’reexactlylike a couple of discount-chain store brand aspirin, except that the marking is misspelled. They put an E instead of the I in the middle. A-S-P-E-R-I-N.”
“Huh. Camouflage, I guess,” I say. I wouldn’t have noticed, I don’t think. I’ve got a bottle of aspirin in my purse right now that looks just exactly the same, except without the misspelling. I’d bought it for Gabriel, in case his neck hurt again.
“Yeah. K-9 units can’t read, though.” He grins down at me, tilting my face up with a finger under my chin, and kisses me. “You sure I can’t convince you to be late for work? I am the boss, after all. It’ll be an excused absence.”
“And it won’t raise any eyebrows, both of us coming in late together?” I roll my eyes at him. “I love you, Gabriel. I’ll see you at the office.”
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