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"Which ht I need my own eyes on the situation" He smiled thinly "I’ll be back soon I do have a war to run, you know"
I re that I was the architect of several wars Clearly the ih the Holmes family But his sister didn’t have his same scope of his a his sister a rundown of what agents she could turn to if she needed help, though I wasn’t sure if she was listening For his part, August was preoccupied, his eyes fixed on the cart as Peterson rolled it out the door
"We have that lunch with Phillipa, which I’m sure will be totally fine and not at all awful and insane And then Holht," I told August, though she and I hadn’t discussed it "That professor, Nathaniel, had a standing appoint to see what happens when he doesn’t show up Especially because--is he that dealer that Leander approached? Before he left?"
But August was hardly listening "He trusts me," he said "He justlaid all of that infor He trusts "
I looked at hih "I never would I told you I came here to make peace, and I meant it He’s just never confided in ed"
Hol forward to say so in his ear He shook his head, and kissed her briefly on the cheek "I’ll see you soon," he said, and with a nod to us, he left
"Congratulations, August You’ve been given codeword clearance to the file on your own faed at her CHEMISTRY IS FOR LOVERS shirt "Can we please get on with our day? It’s already seven aht"
HOLMES ASKED AUGUST AND ME BACK TO THE ROOM TO "strategize" before our lunch with Phillipa, but August begged off, saying he needed to work
"On what? You don’t exactly do anything" Holmes raised her eyebrow at the look I shot her "What? He talks constantly about how he does nothing I don’t see how it’s ie that fact"
He put his hands firain "Charlotte I don’t have any work to do I’et an hour to ed after too etherness"
"You could have just said so"
With a shake of his head and a sust took off toward the elevator
I wondered where he was going
"Don’t tell me you’re unfamiliar with the concept of the polite no," I said to Holmes as she opened the door to our room