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"I’ the conversation, "and the news isn’t good I’ve talked toa perfor called ‘Sub-Zero’ on the streets"

"Hoe know that connects the dots to ated as the cause of death of a professional athlete," he says, confiry, however, was negative but as you told Seth, that would be expected And that’s part of the buzz on the streets Not only is it rumored to produce the same physical benefits of a steroid with an added boost of mental clarity, but it re?" I ask

"Negative," Nick says "There’s a hypothesis the drug so naturally created in the body, but there’s absolutely no supporting evidence Aside fro blind on this one"

"And that chatter is going to lead them to me," I say, "like it did the doctor who came to me today"

"Does any of this chatter include the Martina cartel?" Seth asks

"Negative again," Nick says "At this point, they’ve been focusing on high-end sports clinics, college sports coo to them--"

"Not no," I say, "but hell no"

"Think about this, Shane," Seth argues "Protection Iest, erous cartels on the planet"

"That would infer I intend to get in bed with Martina, and I don’t, nor will the Feds drag me, and people close to me, into said bed It’s a death wish in every possible sense of that saying And don’t tell me they’ll offer protection that won’t be needed if the two of you do your daet the off the enerous payroll," Nick interjects, "I need to insert a warning here If the Feds coo to theive hi for enda"

"Their agenda is to take down a cartel," he argues

My lips thin withthe way Me, my company, and the people around me, will not be those losses So I repeat Who do you work for? Me or theht

"Then use that energy to get lance between thery, soon-to-be ex-wife connecting BP to Sub-Zero If it’s in oing to fix that?"

"You need an inforative shake ofthe exposure that could represent unless I have no other options If Sub-Zero is inside the BP facility, we need to hone in on who helped Derek get it there"

"William Nichols," Seth says, and I assume for Nick’s benefit, he adds, "The head of research and developut says he’s a problem and his behavior on the security film I watched has been suspicious, but far from conclusive"