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"Um, no"

"As brilliant a woman as you will ever meet She does mathematical equations in her head that I can barely do with a calculator She teaches at MIT now"

I cock my head "Jessica Tolley-Brown?"

"You know her?"

"Of her," I say, not bothering to hide ram at MIT just so I could study under her But what does she--"

"Do you kno she put herself through school?"

"No Scholarships, I assume"

"Mostly," he says "But my sister has expensive taste, and she supple"

"Oh," I say I have a feeling I knohere this is going

"I don’t have a problem with the female body," he says "And I don’t think any less of a wo my sister’s portfolio, and the fact that she can trample me in just about any contest of wits, it would be pretty hypocritical of me, don’t you think?"

"I suppose it would" Eed to soothe theme aside to tell me It--well, I appreciate it"

"Good" He pats his hands on his knees "As for Tanner, again, I’rief He didn’t make it a secret that he wanted your job Now he doesn’t have one"

"What?" I feel whiplashed by his words

"I’ve put up with hi, but he ith me when I started Innovative, and he stuck with me even when I couldn’t pay him a salary forfro of his jacket He drops the thread on the s a beat "I always thought he had the co I learned that he’s a backbiting sack of shit"

"Oh" I try to think what to say next, but nothing seems quite appropriate, so I wait