Nora Roberts

Who's with her?" Roarke asked, though he already knew. It was just like her. "With her? Oh, ah, hmmm. Webster. " Silence fell, a clatter of broken bricks. Peabody folded her hands in her pockets and prepared for the explosion to follow. "I see. " When Roarke simply turned back to the screen and continued, she didn't know whether to be relieved or scared to death.