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  “Uh-oh,” Nancy said. “She’s not going to be very happy about that.”

  Detective Ryan looked annoyed. “What does she expect?” he asked. “Does she think everything that happened was just a bad dream?”

  “Something like that,” Nancy said. “But don’t worry. Even if she doesn’t like it, she’ll cooperate.”

  “Good.” The detective started to walk away, and then he stopped. “By the way,” he said, “I don’t know if I told you, but you did a good job.”

  “You told me,” Nancy said. “You said, ‘pretty nice work.’ ” She laughed. “I expected you to say ‘pretty nice work, for an amateur.’ ”

  To her surprise, Detective Ryan shook his head, chuckling the way he had in the locker room the night before.

  “What’s so funny this time?” Nancy asked.

  “Same thing,” he said. “I might as well admit it. I was laughing at myself because I couldn’t believe how stupid I’d been not to listen to you.”

  “I’ve got an idea,” Nancy said with a grin. “Why don’t we try to work together from now on? We might solve more cases. And if it doesn’t work out, well, we can always break the truce and start arguing again. Deal, Detective Ryan?”

  He grinned back. “Deal, Detective Drew.”

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