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Pick’s lips quirked as if he knew so "There’s also another reason I took you in I owed you one for solanced at hi in confusion "What’s that?"

The secretive s around his mouth "I’ll tell you about it sometime But not yet"

My eyes narrowed evenHe didn’t see

"Aside from that, there’s the fact I had to be the asshole who told you about your fao there

"I feel like shit about that, o, no one to contact for help, noI wanted to make it up to you somehow So I took you in and offered you a job because it was the first thing I could think to do It hat you needed most"

I started to tell hily done him a favor once upon a time--I could take care of myself But he held up a hand "And then I also felt inclined to keep tabs on you in case Felicity wanted to knohere to find you when I told her you were out"

Just hearing her name slayed me I winced and kepther, can I?"

"Nope" He shook his head

I sniffed, irritated that I couldn’t control this; she was going to find out about ht it "Well, I don’t see how she’d care to know"

"Don’t you?" Pickwhat the hell thatabout her, but just how the hell close were they?