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and nearly jumped out of my skin.

She stood behind me in her nightgown. I stared

at her a moment. She looked as if her cheeks had been

brushed with wet red roses.

"April, what are you doing?"

"I.., was coming to ask you how..." I held up

the camera. "How did this get on my bed?"

She smirked and walked by me into her

bedroom. I watched her crawl in under her blanket.

She patted the pillow and then looked at me. "You can thank Celia for that," she said. "Celia? I don't understand."

"Before she decided to go into advertising.

Celia was thinking of becoming an attorney. Here I

am, the daughter of an attorney, and she's more

equipped to act and sound like one. She took some

prelaw courses."

I shook my head, still confused. "I still don't

understand. Brenda. This looks like the camera David

had. It is, right?"

"Yes. It's not brain surgery, April. We tracked

down David Peet. I know the hangouts around here,

and there was no doubt in my mind he and his crew of

creeps would still be out and about. We confronted

him. and Celia carefully explained how we could go directly to the police and have him arrested for attempted rape. The very fact that he had that camera

in possession was evidence."

Brenda smiled.

"She was really very good at intimidating

David. I was even scared,' she added. "Anyway,

people like David Peet have no backbone. They can

take advantage of weaker, more vulnerable people,

but when they're up against someone with strength,


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