CHAPTER THREE Katie was waiting in the airport lounge at Sault Ste. Marie international airport. She expected Leblanc to join her any minute. They had two hours until they boarded the flight to Seattle, and in that time they were going to be briefed by Scott on what the case involved. A new case was something that she was more than ready for. She was feeling eager to get started. There he was. She felt an unexpected skip of her heart as the tall, fit, olive-skinned man entered the lounge and walked over to her, smiling. "Katie!" "Leblanc. How was your vacation?” He’d told her he had been spending a few days with his aunt and uncle, who lived near Montreal. "It was relaxing. Always good to visit family," he said, before making a wry face, as if remembering Katie's circumstances, and a

