When they got out, Timmy and Ramon followed them and Rhoda up the elevator to the sixteenth floor. Laurie was relieved to see that the crime scene tape had been removed from the apartment entrance, as promised.
“The owner will accept our offer,” Alex said happily, “but before we make it official, we wanted to make sure you’ll be comfortable here. If not, we keep looking.”
Five minutes later, it was official. This would be their home.
“We’ll definitely have the best ‘how did you find your apartment?’ story,” Alex said as they signed the final paperwork for the offer at the kitchen island.
When Ramon and Timmy headed for the car, Laurie and Alex paused to take one final look, gazing up at the ornate crown molding on the thirteen-foot ceilings of the foyer. She took his hand in hers. “Think of all the memories we’re going to make here together.”
She was already thinking about the little person who might grow up in the sweet corner bedroom next to Timmy’s.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Clark, Mary Higgins, author. | Burke, Alafair, author.
Title: You don’t own me : an Under Suspicion Novel / by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke.
Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2018]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018036140| ISBN 9781501171666 (hardback) | ISBN 9781501171802 (mass market) | ISBN 9781501171673 (ebook)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. | FICTION / General. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction. | Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3553.L287 Y69 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018036140
ISBN 978-1-5011-7166-6
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