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Dave hadat Kelly He hunched his shoulders as he sat down next to the bank ofto make himself look small If we hadn’t had company, I would have rushed over to tell hiain--that this was the last time I’d ever lay a hand on him I’d mean it, too, even if we’d both know I’d never be able to keep my word Dave would say it was okay, that I hadn’t actually hurt him, and we’d both feel better… at least until the next tis worked around the office without George We were used to it; co there, clearly waiting for an introduction to the rest of the tea up
"Uh," I said "Well, that cool cat over on the news desk is one of our Irwins, Dave Novakowski" Dave raised a hand and waved "Alaric here is Mahir’s second-in-command Mahir is… uh… Mahir Gowda runs the Newsie division re e’s replacement The as just too bitter to say
Kelly nodded, offering a quick smile in Dave’s direction Dave answered with a distracted nod, hands beginning to move rapidly across his keyboard "Mr Gowda interviewedback to entle A note of excitement crept into his voice as he asked, "Wait--are you the Kelly Connolly?"
Becks and I exchanged a blank look, Becks ed
Kelly, ly, with that look on her face that fa not to be pleased about being recognized Mom used to walk around with that expression permanently locked in place "I a even wider "It’s an honor to enuine honor"
"Uh, excuse , but does soht the hopeful look in Becks’s eyes, and hastened to clarify, "nice Irwins and former Irwins exactly what ‘the Kelly Connolly’ is supposed to mean? Because I have to say, I’m clueless"
"Truer words were never spoken," Becks randfather," said Alaric, like that explained everything
I paused, filtering through e history seuy?"
They dropped the charges, George chided
"Sorry," I said, autoy was directed at her, because she shook her head and said, "It’s okay; that’s how ical circles re deal They ht," I said I was starting to re inso he could get the word out" I could vaguely recall seeing Kelly in CDC press releases and interviews, always in the background, but pretty steadily there all the saenic Turns out it was because she was an asset
"His eleven-year-old kid’s blog," said Becks, eyeing Kelly suspiciously "You’re at least twenty-one How did you est of six," Kelly replied, with the ease of so an all-too-fairl atMy e twenty-five at the ti"