This Game of Murder

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As always when he ran into her unexpectedly, Kirk Marshall’s heart did a little flip when he spotted Betty Case alone at a table in the country-club bar. He learned to repress any emotional reaction when he knew in advance he would encounter her at some social function, but even after eleven years of her being another man’s wife, an accidental encounter still threw him.

She glanced up to see who had stopped so abruptly in the doorway, and flushed slightly when she recognized his tall figure. Her flush caused his heart to flip again, for it seemed to indicate she, too, still reacted to their unexpected encounters.

He moved over toward her table, a tall, lean man dressed in rumpled cotton slacks and an open-necked sport shirt. He said casually, “Hello, Betty. Where’s the lord and master?”

“Out on the lake fishing with Doc Derring,” she said in an equally casual tone. “Bud and I got bored spending Sunday afternoon at home alone, and decided to visit the club. Bud’s down on the beach.”

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