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"Jaust, you’ve been here all afternoon? Haven’t hijacked any black cars today?"

"No," he said, inflectionless

"Then what have you been doing?" It was hard to keep froer flare up in her face Any reaction at all

August stepped forward to put a hand on her shoulder They looked at each other He shrugged; she nodded It was the kind of wordless back and forth I was used to having with her

"My th, "is now in a co was an isolated event I thought--"

"We thought wrong"

"Shouldn’t this be our priority?" I asked, starting to pace "Shouldn’t we put the rest of this on hold? Go back to England? Your arded ht now Just so you know"

"These things are connected, Watson My mother? Leander? If I solve one, I’ll solve the other, and I’m so sorry if it offends your delicate sensibilities if I happen to love my uncle more" Visibly, she sed "I love her, too, you know But--I need to prioritize My mother can take care of herself"

"Frolared at me

Her expression was a mirror of his "I’ve only heard about this fro at all" Annoyed, she gestured to the screen "Milo is beae from Thailand so I can review it for , has entered the house that wasn’t there yesterday Milo just fired the whole staff, as a precaution The only people--" With a sigh, she raked back her hair "My father and the doctor are tending to my mother That’s all I can tell"

"And Lucien?" I asked

"Moriarty hasn’tthat he can stop"

"I’ust’s hand and crossed to me His eyes tracked her across the roo two cases at once, and they both concernI’ve taken on before Milo’s stupid surety isn’t helping I’ I knoho the culprits are I just don’t kno they’ve done what they’ve done"

"Don’t you usually reason fro blaed, but I could tell I’d hurt her "I’m not Sherlock Hol, and the only possible answer is that it’s the Moriartys behind it One way or another, they’ve done this Sorry, August"

August gri Miloremove Lucien?" I asked