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Peri, you ith actors, she thought as she finished folding her coat and let it fall on the couch And not lame ones, either, she added as Allen shuffled out behind Bill in his pajama bottoms and a white shirt, still rumpled and stubbly fro his ar?"
"My question exactly," she said with a bold confidence she wasn’t sure she could back up Maybe the medical office had called Bill, since he was the one who had set up the original appoint?"
Bill’s s joke "Me It was for your safety"
"Bullshit" Ar froed a silent look that screamed volumes They were both in on it She hadn’t been sure until just now "Bill, can I have a private word?"
"Ah, hey …" Allen lurched forward only to be jerked to a halt by Bill’s raised hand
"I think that is an excellent idea Allen, s out of it," Peri added as she crossed the living roo outside it as she pushed the door open with one ar his throat, Bill rocked into motion Peri’s eye twitched as he passed within inches of her, sne and his breakfast Pulse fast, she followed hiainst it Bill was standing with his ru a foot out, Peri closed the lid to the laptop to prevent any easy eavesdropping
Bill watched until her foot was back on the floor Then he sighed, playing the part of the concerned boss "You want to explain why you drugged Allen and took a walk?"
Peri pushed off the door and sat in the swivel chair across from the desk Best to keep asI want a new anchor Today I’ve tried working with thatHe’s slow on locks I’ve never seen hiood at unarmed combat All he’s done is make waffles and plane reservations! His lousy recon put ive me if I didn’t want him with me when I picked out some new clothes, because what’s inI can feel it in ht work It ht their fake an to dissolve and a knot in her began to relax "Your unease is si a tissue fro closer
"The one that Allen can’t bring back," sheherself not tooff her excessive eyeyourfirst one eye, then the other "Don’t put this black shit on yourself any slender neck"
"I can’t ith hi the job herself "I drugged hi out loud I don’t want hiood way Who else do you have co up in the ranks? Anyone who can ood start"
Bill settled back into the second chair, the leather creaking She could practically see hi for, she didn’t care S fondly, he shook his head, his heavy hands laced over hishim down because he trusted you," he said, and she rolled her eyes "I think you owe hiy But first, I want to knohy you took the tracking device out"
"Because I’ain, I’ without a proper anchor" Playing the wounded drafter, she put a hand to her"Maybe I don’t need one," she muttered
She froze when Bill leaned forward and took her hand Her pulse hammered, but she stayed carefully passive as he turned her hand palers back Her scrawl to return to Allen’s apartment hid Silas’s nuot ho without an anchor isn’t an option"
Her head tilted, and she didn’t need to fake her anger "Then giveAllen heard her Bill arched his eyebrows He was seely convinced, but about what she wasn’t sure "I’ll talk to hi, she tried to appear confident "And no s," he echoed, and her lips parted at his quick co at her disbelief, he reached behind his jacket to the inner pocket "The alliance knows to look for the a capsule "Welco "You want me to drop my pants and bend over?"
"I want you to s it," he said stiffly "It’s a low-dose radiation marker It won’t harm you, but it will stay in your system for a year We will knohere you are and where you’ve been Even those you’ve been in contact with, to a liree It’s experinature" He set this My best deserves the best"