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heavy-handedness, I was confident that honey would, in this case, net us far more information than his rougher methods.
    Donovan relaxed and gave me a small smile in return.
    “I don’t mind, Detective…?”
    “Oh, I’m sorry! You can call me Marisol.” His smile grew then dimmed slightly as he shot Costa a less friendly glance.
    “This is Agent Costa from the OWEA,” I explained, keeping my attention fully on the head of security. I tossed my hair behind my shoulder and Donovan’s eyes fixed back on me. Good. “Anyway, did you know either of the missing girls?”
    “I’m sorry, but I don’t have much contact with the students.” He sat straighter in his chair. “I’m quite busy.”
    “Of course. Can you find out who was working in the library yesterday afternoon?” I pulled a small notebook and pen out of my inside jacket pocket.
    “Well, you met Barbara Fuller. She was working the checkout desk yesterday, too. We didn’t have any other full-time staff during the afternoon and evening, just students hired through the work assistance program. I gave their names to the other officers.”
    “Do you routinely keep track of who is working the library, Mr. Donovan?” I asked.
    A nervous laugh escaped him. “The officers who were here earlier had me call down and check.” I suppressed a grimace. We might well be just repeating what other cops had already done, but I couldn’t risk not going through the steps, just in case they’d missed something. “If you wouldn’t mind, it would really help me out to get the student staff’s names as well.”
    “Of course.”
    “We’d also like to speak with Ms. Fuller,” I added.
    He frowned. “Well, she’s off in a couple of hours. She said she didn’t have anyone to cover the desk until then.”
    “Could you figure something out so we could speak to her? Maybe a student who works in the library could cover for her? I’d really appreciate it.” My perfected expression eased into something work appropriate, but it was close to being inappropriate.
    Red splotches crept up Donovan’s thin neck. “If it would help, of course I’ll see if there’s someone here who could cover for her.”
    He picked up the phone, but before he could dial, I asked, “What about security cameras?”

    “I’m sorry, but we don’t have cameras in the library.
    No budget for it.” He shrugged and Costa and I got up from our chairs.
    I gave the man a small wave as we exited the office and suppressed a smile as he stumbled over his words into the phone.
    I put my blazer back on when the cool fall air surrounded me, and I walked in front of Costa to the sidewalk that led down into the library. As I approached the door, he grabbed my arm, just under my shoulder, and pulled me to a stop. His grip wasn’t rough, but it was firm.
    “What?” I asked, angling my shoulder away from him so he’d release me.
    He let go, and his arm grazed my breast as his hand fell away. I took in a quick breath and glared at him.
    “What the hell was that?” His voice was cold, but not void of emotion.
    “Excuse me?” My mouth dropped open and I snapped it shut, ignored the way my pulse skipped faster under his gaze.
    “Do you really think flirting while on the job is appropriate?” Anger coated his tone, giving it a hard edge.
    “I’d think you could feed your desires on your own time.” Heat flared in my chest and rushed up to my face.
    “What the hell are you talking about?”
    “Come on, any idiot could tell that you were coming on to that little weasel.”
    “An idiot might think that, yes,” I hissed. I spun around and marched down the sidewalk. What the hell? Did he really think I was desperate enough for a lay that I’d flirt on the job, the day after my sister was kidnapped, with a guy as unattractive as Donovan? Asshole. He probably didn’t know any way to get information out of people that didn’t involve strong-arming.
    Swallowing my anger and ignoring Costa trailing