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Nicole wasn’t a fun travel companion. As much as Whisper was tired of hearing her sister-in-law’s voice, she imagined it was worse for Bosco who’d put himself between the women more than once. Whisper had never noticed just how short her fuse was before. Maybe it was the situation, maybe not. But as soon as they picked up their rental car, Whisper dug her blade out of her suitcase and strapped it to her thigh.
She felt better after that. Relaxed.
In contrast, Nicole seemed to tense.
Whisper did the driving while Bosco navigated. She wasn’t much of a driver and didn’t enjoy it. Only when Nicole started nitpicking again did Whisper tip her hat to Bosco’s strategy. If he’d been driving, separating the two of them would’ve been impossible.
They drove up to a tall, sleek building made m
