Luci was starting to develop a twitch, too. Her father was dying to get into the thick of the investigation, but felt compelled to be paternal. Since he wasn’t about to start hugging her in front of the guys, he might as well get on with it.
She turned and said, “If you need to supervise things, I’m fine.”
He looked torn between old duty and new. “Well, if you’re sure you’re all right?”
“Absolutely sure.”
His reluctance plain, Pryce joined the group around the fireplace. Idly, Luci noticed Mickey had the best ass in the group, though Delaney’s wasn’t bad either. Nearly dying sharpened one’s appreciation of the finer things of life.
Mickey was in position to see the dead man’s face as the techs started to ease it out onto a tarp.
“Damn.” Mickey straightened, his face grim.
Delaney’s
