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I could hardly wait to tell Ohat I’d discovered We ran into each other again on our way to work, right in front of the store I wouldn’t have thought it would take much effort to play the newly-in-love couple, but I was so conscious of being watched by the gray guy who’d followed me from my apartment that I couldn’t relax into the role, even if it was entirely genuine

We kissed aardly, then I blurted, "You’ll never guess what I found last night!"

His lips twitched in a not-quite-suppressed ss are empty shells?"

"Oh, you too, huh?"

"Great et a chance It could be useful to have a way to h we’ll have to be careful while we have a shadow"

"Ooh, that sounds so secretive, like we’re in an underground et a jaunty beret, like the French Resistance"

"You don’t want to tip our hand, do you?" Although his tone was teasing, I noticed that he kept glancing toward the park across from the store, where Mac and his sidekick were in their usual spot, playing chess

"Should we talk to Mac now?" I asked, following his gaze

Owen studied the h to appear normal If you seem to co intense conversations with people we usually just exchange pleasantries with, it would look suspicious"

"You’re not getting cold feet about your plan to bravely face the consequences, are you?"

"No, but we should be ht for a moment, then said, "Let’s take lunch to the park, and I’ll challenge hiame"

"Okay It’s a date, but you can always back out if you change your mind"

"I won’t," he said firmly, but he didn’t look happy about it