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He brought over two cups of tea, handed one to me, then joined me on his sofa "Hoas your visit with your parents?" he asked, his tone entirely conversational

"Great I was just telling Trix that it turns out I get "

"But they feel better now about you living here?" He sounded concerned

"Yes, sir, they really seem to I think they o home with them"

"Good Good Noould like an update on the status of your investigation"

With a deep sigh, I said, "There isn’t much status to speak of, unfortunately I don’t think I’ve ruled anyone out entirely as a suspect I have a fe things to check out" Such as what Hertwick the sales gno in Central Park on a weekday afternoon, but I wasn’t going to rat hiTo be honest, I’ our spy makes another o on I’meach other Gathering inforet the i to shake et me out of the way"

He nodded "That h rumor and innuendo that Mordred divided Camelot I wasn’t there to stop it, and I cannot allow that to happen here"

"I’ht not lose ical immunity, I realized My co or dehtstruck me "We’ll still want to catch our oal is to divide us,ways to pull the coether"

His face lit up, and for a er "Excellent idea! I’ve been reading aboutand productivity There was one particular book about a fun workplace" He got up and went over to his desk, then began ru around in the books and papers "Nohere was it?" He returned with an arement fad books Someone needed to cut off his access to the Barnes & Noble online catalog

"Let’s see, this one was about how to i environment" He handed a book to " He handed me another Soon I had an arether some activities and events?" he asked

Quite frankly, I a and employee morale events was i the reed "No problem," I said "It’ll be fun With the holidays here, there are all kinds of things we can do" Then I had a brainstor on with my immunity, and since I’d seen Rod’s illusion the other day and kneas supposed to work on everyone, a visit to hione On top of that, he had access to everyone’s eation "I probably ought to ith Rod on this, as it should fall under Personnel," I added

He nodded "Good thought Thank you for your time, Katie"

I took the dismissal hint As I returned to my office with an arht work to help us all overcoe people to be willing to work together Once that got going, theOr maybe we could set a trap within the fun activities

I called down to Isabel and got on Rod’s calendar for the afternoon Having an iood for hi noticed in the upper echelons of power, and I could pick his brain

Flipping through the business books for ideas, I came to the conclusion that little of the advice would work in ato acclimate himself to the twenty-first-century business world, but I wasn’t sure if the Pike Place Market in Seattle would resonate with hi fun to the workplace

I glanced atSoe while I met with Merlin I picked up the phone, dialed into the voice-e It was from Ethan