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We're paying her to care for the baby, Mother says. What the hell was that supposed to mean? Barbara asked now as theyswung into Bell Street in Henley-on-Thames where school children weretaking their morning exercise in a local playground. She said nothing. Deborah would have to know sometime,and he knew that he had to be the person to tell her.

It looked like a text -Lynley thought of vaguely of economics butStaines' words sounded more like a new age philosophy. ?She frowned then tossed the dog end of her fag into the street where itlanded in a puddle at the kerb. There isn't, really. But it could have been worse.