why not. He was afraid she might tell him. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, Ms. Hicks.&#8221; He&#8217;d managed to get her over the threshold of his office. He stepped back inside and quickly shut the door.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Only one thing marred his glee at having gotten rid of her so easily-the stark look of fear that had suffused her face when he closed the door on her. She might genuinely be in some kind of trouble, but it wasn&#8217;t his job to deal with every nut case in New York.</p>
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