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"Why would I do that?" I asked "Whatever we’ve run into, it’s had as much to do with ether with sos would probably be even worse" My heart suddenly felt like it had been caught in a vise "You don’t want to end this, do you?"

"No But you know it’s not going to be easy, the two of us I don’t think it will ever be easy for me because of who I am, or what I aether" I tried tohistory, you’d know nothing’s been easy forin on my record for the past year or so, whether or not we run into another disaster"

Soht seemed to leave his shoulders "Okay, then, if you insist"

"I do"

It looked like Merlin had co for our little tea, there was a roonized Sa, as well as the chief seer fro unit Even Owen’s direct boss was there, and he almost never left his own office

I was especially surprised to see our corporate counsel, Ethan Wainwright, there He was a ical immune, like I was, and we’d dated very, very briefly about a o It was the first time since he’d dumped me that I’d had to deal with hi Oould havea little Facing an ex in a situation like that can be challenging Do you act like nothing ever happened, or do you acknowledge the past? I ith sitting on the other side of the roo to avoid him unless I had a specific reason to address hilanced at Oho sat next tothere, and then I realized that this same dilemma could apply to Owen soht about what he’d said earlier, if all the disasters piled up and ive up? Would we one day face each other across a conference table and try to decide if we should just pretend nothing happened? It was alht as the implications of what Idris had unveiled the day before

Merlin called thee’d seen on Christmas "As Miss Chandler pointed out to me, the real concern appears to be that Mr Idris has the funding to operate like a legitiets worse," Owen said "Katie, tell the TV last night?" I asked I was met with a room full of blank faces I felt like I must have been the only loser with no life, but then I reical enclave Oas fros I took for granted that others at MSI didn’t get

Then Merlin said, "Are you referring to the television commercial?"

I turned to hi TV? Then again, that could account for his rapid adaptation toTV tiot evento reach an even broader audience The coical people becauseodd"

"According to the commercial, Mr Idris and his company have now opened a retail establishment," Merlin added "I believe our first order of business should be to investigate and deter"

"We could send so, Owen’s boss, said "Otherwise, I’nized"

Owen shook his head "Not a good idea It’s easy enough to screen out disguises, and then it would be even more obvious e’re up to That person would either be thrown out or given soood for asoet thereeable to hi him in the first place The storefront and the ads et more people under his influence"

I was rather i-ular nonical person probably wouldn’t even see the store or be able to enter it"