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Thursday. The kitchen, six in the morning.
There was no hiding a green car in a lane at sunrise. So she walked her friend up the lawn in plain sight, like a wife with company.
Daniel was at the stove with his sleeves pushed up. Three cups stood on the island. He had counted the guests before the guests arrived.
"Priya," he said, warm all the way through. "I thought I heard the service gate. The bar sings a little on the lift, if you know the note."
He crossed the kitchen to kiss her cheek, a man greeting family. "You held the flowers at our wedding like you were guarding a witness. I've liked you ever since.
"Sit. You've driven through the night, which means my wife asked you to, which means you're the friend she says you are."
"She texted. I'd had a bad shift," Priya said. "I wanted eggs I didn't have to pay for."
"Then you've come to the right house."
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