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  2. BOOKS BY JONATHAN DUNSKY
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  39. Thank You
  40. A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
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  42. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  43. BOOKS BY JONATHAN DUNSKY

I forced a small smile on my lips. Greta, ever the matchmaker, had sensed a reason to be hopeful. I hated having to disappoint her. I hated the truth I was about the tell her even more. "I went by the hair salon this morning," I said, striving to keep the bitterness I felt out of my voice. "I brought with me the pictures of Esther I'd taken from Manny Orrin. I thought Mira would like to have them. She told me she never wanted to see me again. I feared as much. She adores Michael, and I brought about his arrest."

"But she can't fault you for that," Greta protested. "He's guilty."

"Mira knows that, but it doesn't change how she feels about it. In her mind, her helping me landed Michael in jail and brought shame upon the Irgun. She also resents the fact that I went to the police instead of coming to her when I learned that Michael was the killer."

Greta was silent for a long moment. "Maybe with time, she'll see things differently."

"I doubt it. Mira is the sort of woman who doesn't forget things easily. No, I think there is no future for the two of us."

"I'm sorry, Adam," Greta said.

I looked out the café window onto Allenby Street, where streetlights did battle with the darkness of night. A couple strolled past the window, arm in arm. The laughter of the woman came in faint and lovely through the glass. Loneliness settled in my stomach like a paperweight. I would sleep badly that night. My dreams would be cruel.

"Me too," I said. "Me too."

THE END

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