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I had to bite the inside ofin et a job, and if the MSI opportunity hadn’t fallen intofor Mi else Most of the Manhattan eot a better job quickly enough," I shot back in a voice that was shakier than I liked Neverto do with enetic quirk

"And yet you orking as a caterer and stealing jewelry," she said with a sh of this Coet home You can escort me and keep the rabble at bay"

Her followers shoved e swept out the door As soon as I caught et in front of her before she went very far "I’ I noticed that Owen and soher, had also left the coffee shop I gave Owen a nod to say, "I’m okay," then returned my attention to Mimi I needed to buy time, but how much time did I need? Where was that box?

"Writearoundher arroupies surroundedlad he didn’t have ht have been turned into so by the look in his eyes "Get your hands off her," he snapped Even without h to make them back away

"This is harassment and assault, and you’ve already stolen roupie "Call the police!" she ordered The groupie obediently got out a cell phone and dialed

"I think she’s outlived her usefulness as a brooch ree, but I wasn’t sure how to get it fro admirers Worse, it see her entourage The only saving grace was that none of theet the stone for the under Mi a hard tiency With any luck, the operator would assu we needed was the police getting involved Miroupie, as inarticulately trying to explain why the situation was so urgent, and then she stepped forward and shoved ood for you"

I drew ht, which was several inches shorter than Miht to be on this sidewalk"

The groupies closed in, surrounding Owen, Mi as Mimi had the brooch and was able to boss the rabbed his ar and harassing anyone, it’s you doing it to us," I protested

"She’s a thief! She has to be stopped!" Mimi shouted to her followers

I had one last bit of ait would only ossip and probably wouldn’t hurt Mimi at all But the fate of the world was at stake, and I needed to get her off-balance "Does your fiancé know that you got and kept your job because you were sleeping with your boss--while you were engaged to someone else? That’s why you were in a job you couldn’t really do and needed your flunkies to cover for you The current fiancé seems like a nice man Maybe someone should tell him"

Off-balance hat I wanted, and off-balance hat I got Mimi went into the worst case of "evil Mimi" I’d ever seen I alre potion and really was going to turn green and grow fangs As it was, her eyes turned red and bulged out of her face, and I could have sworn her head spun all the way around "I have had enough of you!" she shrieked Moving so quickly that I barely noticed her upraised hand, she slapped ure of speech when people said they saw stars, but I saw stars and ht hand to retaliate as the stars were replaced by a haze of red--soht my wrist, but I instinctively formed a fist with my free hand, drew back ht She toppled over, taking round