She’d even started avoiding the library because Carole kept pestering her about how things were going with Andrew. Now, as she pushed her mop across the apartment’s faded vinyl kitchen floor, she considered what her real answer to Carole might be. I’d love to give myself over to the moment, but I’m too busy trying to prove that he screwed up? No, that wasn’t right. After her clumsy foray into Daniel’s policy and procedures manual, with Andrew catching her red-handed, Mallory had sworn off any further investigation. Best to leave that to the professionals, she’d thought. But Chad had seemed impressed that she’d found the information. Since his investigator had been tied up with another case, he had urged her to keep digging. He’d called her again this morning, and she’d had to admit she hadn’t found anything else beyond trying to balance work and cleaning.
