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"Return our phones," I said She placed theht thereat help"
"Don’t you want to knohat’s happened to your uncle?" she said to me "Don’t you care at all?"
I knehat had happened to Leander I hadn’t wanted to believe it I had insisted to myself that I needed to find firm evidence But the truth of it was I had known, bodily known--not knoith iti it since the day we’d left Sussex My heart! The absurdity of it
I knew, too, that there was nothing I could do to rescue him until I could tie Lucien Moriarty to the criuilty was beside the point
The alternative was unthinkable
"Tell anyone I know about this auction, tell anyone I’, and I’ll have you killed No," I said, as Watson coughed, "I’ll do it ust said cautiously, as the uns They both had Greystone haircuts--military, with better sideburns Milo appreciated aesthetics
I relaxed inally
"August," I said, as it’s polite to greet one’s friends
"Charlotte There’s a girl on the roof She says her naht the helicopter you wanted?"
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IN THE BACK OF HADRIAN MORIARTY’S CAR, I HAD TEXTED Watson so In the process, I’d also discovered a nu me that she had decided to do so in "a European city" and had chosen Berlin ("Though, ew, Char, do they even have a Barneys?") because she was tired of "you and Ja me Is it because he’s still ford roory at To had spied on hie for cash Tohter of an oil tycoon, would dump him if he didn’t have the means to is Lena Gupta was ih-fashion jackets covered in snaps, spikes, and other s that exploded; boys illing to hold her bag Things Lena had zero interest in: other people’s financial backgrounds Lena was the kind of girl that let le question Lena never asked veryothers, made her an excellent friend
When, outside the Moriartys’ warehouse, I sent both her and ht need medical assistance, Milo didn’t immediately respond Lena did She wrote back "ok!" and a nu faces with hearts for eyes As Watson was being pummeled, I took the few seconds needed to send her our location before I joined into the fray myself
Lena arrived with a -eyed Tom with headphones on Around her shoulders was a faux fur stole It was beautiful I was very happy to see her