His deadpan gaze sent a chill down my spine. “Detective Duval,” he said with a cold nod. “But I trust you remember my name by now since we have already met twice this week.”
Trusting me to remember anything accurately right now was a terrible idea, but I wasn’t going to tell him that.
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Inside the office, a squirrelly fellow with coppery hair –the lieutenant governor, I imagined– was scribbling on some papers and pursing his lips thoughtfully. No doubt he was keeping me waiting to impress upon me the significance of his position, so I looked around and waited for him to get tired of his own importance.
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“By the end of January, Katherine was feeling more settled into her new routine. Since Elisabeth was an early riser, she would have breakfast ready when Kat came downstairs. She missed her long morning walk, so she had begun to go to yoga with Lucy twice a week. Yoga was new to her, and so was the experience of having a regular commitment with a  girlfriend now that James no longer controlled her agenda.”
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