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  1. Cover
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  3. Also by McGarvey Black
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
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  59. Acknowledgements
  60. A note from the publisher
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“She and her friend make pests of themselves with the local police stations, spin conspiracies where there are none and last year she almost caused an international incident with the Peruvian government. The US Department of Immigration had to get involved.”

“Hmm,” said the therapist, at a loss for words and wondering what she had gotten herself into.

“She and her friend follow people, spy on stores and pedestrians. Last month,” said Conner, “she looked at one of my confidential FBI case files and attempted to insinuate herself into a federal investigation. She showed up at the undercover site and could have blown the whole sting operation wide open. Fortunately, I found out about it before she did any real damage. If it had gotten out that my wife was there, I would have lost my job.”

“That’s serious, isn’t it, Zoe?” said the therapist.

“Nothing happened,” said Zoe. “I didn’t mean to get in anyone’s way. Sean and I were just having some fun and I thought I had a lead on something that was going to help the FBI.”

“It seems like your ‘activities’ could have some serious real-life consequences,” said Dr. Eisdorfer. “If you were interested in the medical profession but didn’t have a medical license, would it be okay for you to diagnose or operate on patients?”

“But that’s totally different,” said Zoe. “Sean and I are just playing around. I’m not posing as a police officer. We supplement investigations. We’re extra eyes and ears on the ground. Sometimes the police miss things.”

“It’s clear you have an extremely active and creative imagination,” said the therapist. “However, that seems to be causing problems for those around you, in particular your husband. It sounds like you need to rein in some of those impulses before there are some serious legal consequences.”

“Thank you,” said Conner. “That’s what I’ve been trying to tell her.”

The remainder of that first therapy session revealed more of Zoe’s antics and unearthed her husband’s continuing frustration. By the end, it was mutually decided that Zoe would start seeing Dr. Eisdorfer once a week so the therapist could help the young woman put things into perspective.

Lying in bed finally feeling the Ambien starting to kick in, Zoe rolled onto her other side and forced herself to think only happy thoughts. She reminisced about her first six wonderful months of marriage before Conner started chastising her about her amateur detective work.