The Last Good Girl

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Author: Allison Leotta
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Names, dates, DOBs, addresses. Still on the line with Jack, she jogged up the stairs to change into work clothes and apologize to Cooper for postponing their date.
    â€œAnna, one more thing,” Jack said. “This is a sensitive case. Emily’s father is the president of Tower University. Dylan belongs to Beta Psi, a college fraternity in the Skull-and-Bones tradition. Four U.S. presidents were alumni, along with countless senators and CEOs. People are already making calls. These are the big boys. Handle them with care, and watch your back.”
    â€œGot it.”
    She’d prosecuted congressmen, street gangs, serial rapists. She could handle a bunch of frat boys.

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    B y the time Anna changed into a black pantsuit, FBI Agent Samantha Randazzo had arrived at Cooper’s house. As Anna jogged down the steps, Cooper was letting the agent into the foyer. Sam’s eyes scanned the house in wonder. It was an old lumber baron’s mansion, rehabbed by Cooper till it shone with its former glory.
    â€œSam!” Anna rushed down the steps and hugged her friend. “You’re still in town.”
    â€œIt’s gonna take some time to wrap up the Upperthwaite investigation,” Sam said, hugging her back. “Glad to get the old team back together. What is this place?”
    â€œDetroit’s best hope,” Anna said. “FBI Agent Samantha Randazzo, meet Cooper Bolden, my . . . friend.”
    â€œNice to meet you.” Samantha sized up Cooper with the same sharp eye she’d focused on his house. Cooper gave the women two portable mugs filled with steaming coffee.
    â€œYou know the way to an agent’s heart,” Sam said.
    Anna gave Cooper a chaste kiss, conscious that she was doing it in front of Sam, who had been invited, then uninvited, to her wedding with Jack.
    â€œGood luck,” Cooper said. He’d been calm and understanding when she told him that Jack asked her to work this case. Of course you have to help, he’d said. He hadn’t questioned the wisdom of working with the man she’d tried so hard to get over.
    A knock at the front door interrupted their good-bye. On the front stoop was a big man whose powerful arms were covered in tattoos. His nose had been broken, more than once, and a scar crossed his chin. He wore a leather motorcycle jacket and held up a tiny pink tutu. “Won’t this look adorable on Leigh?”
    â€œHi, Grady,” Anna said. “Jody’s in the living room.”
    â€œThanks.”
    Grady kissed Anna’s cheek, shook Cooper’s hand, and walked through the house. Anna was glad to see Leigh’s father here. Jody deserved a good time on a Saturday night—and the baby deserved a chance to get to know her daddy. Grady was a bartender whose one-night stand with Jody had led to Leigh. He’d only recently learned that he was the father. When Jody was pregnant, facing years in jail, she desperately wanted her baby to go to Anna, and Anna only. Jody hadn’t told Grady about her pregnancy. He learned when he saw her sitting in the courtroom cradling a huge belly. The new parents were still getting to know each other—at a much slower pace than they’d started.
    Cooper took Anna’s coat from the rack and held it up. She slipped her arms into it, thanked him again for understanding, then stepped out with Sam into the chill of the night.
    A black Durango with federal government plates was parked on the driveway. Anna climbed into the passenger seat, while Sam got behind the wheel. Although Anna was sorry to bail on Cooper, she welcomed the sense of getting back in the saddle, the opportunity to make a difference. There was nothing she liked more than heading out with a good agent and trying to set the world right.
    â€œWhat’ve we got so far?” she asked.
    Sam steered the big truck onto the street and pointed to an iPad on the console. “Two surveillance videos. Why is

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