The directionless flower arranging must not have been very engaging, because Claudia straightened to consider Billy pensively at the suggestion, her stare strangely distant and a subtle quirk of a smile at the corner of her lips. That wasn't the problem in the least. The snap appeared to bring her focus back, making her blink and wrinkle her nose like that had also been a magic trick, and she asked, "What about police? It's just you, if there's trouble?"
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