“There was the merest hint of perfume that reached him.  She didn’t splash it on like a more insecure woman might. This was faint…elegant…expensive, reminding him of a cross between honeysuckle and roses. Her grooming was perfect, but no amount of makeup could conceal that she had been crying…and recently.

At a reported age of 48, she looked like she was 30, and he ached for the sadness that he knew inhabited her life after the recent and sordid death of her husband. No woman wanted to think that her husband had a secret life in any event.” 

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“Mr. DuPlesser, I didn’t just pick your name from the Washington phone book. It was given to me by our chief corporate counsel. I believe you might know him – Jacob Kunis? You have my permission to check out anything we discuss with him. I was told that besides being quite effective at what you do, that you are discreet. I need our discussion to be at the deepest level of confidentiality.”

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