Odie frowned, touching his flushed face. "Red?"

Jonah nodded.

Odie felt his own forehead, then Jonah's, finding no difference. "No fever," he concluded. "It's too hot in here. Let's get the AC going."

"How cool do you want it, boss?"

"Set it to 18 degrees."

Odie tugged at his collar. Yeah, it was warm. He hadn't noticed it much when he was in the study.

Thinking about it, Odie paused. "Was I too harsh boarding up Sophie's windows?"

"Not really. She did betray you."

again. "Get someone to remove a couple of those

"Boss?"

anyone suffocating on

"Got it."

room, Sophie lay on the bed, slipping the pill Odie had given her into her ring-a secret that might come in

"Come in."

stayed in bed, worried it might be Odie again. But this time, it was Polly. "Boss wants

door and approached her. "Ms. Sophie, did you

you kept that phone because you hate Qdie and want to take him down. But let me tell you, you can't

Polly hesitated, clearly torn.

down Odie and the Gibbs family? Give it to me and I promise, not just the Minton and Gibbs families, but all those involved in shady business with shut

of silence, Polly said, "I can give you the phone, but

of Odie's engagement to Sandy. Odie is the Pollard family's son-in-law. They won't

"What?"

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