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"Not really, but we can pretend" I walked back to s were still in the kitchen Oh, well "So no one ever tried to figure out why so ?"

"Um" Kelly blinked, apparently thrown by ot a new crop of interns recently Very enthusiastic, very eager to prove themselves One of the soht it to Dr Wynne What he said just didn’t sound right I asked if I could look into it Dr Wynne was as surprised as I was, and he agreed"

"That’s how you got started on this?" asked Alaric

"I thought it was bad data I thought I was chasing down a reporting error Instead… this was huge I put together a team of people I trusted once I realized what I was really looking at So people with reservoir conditions in truly terrifying nuging, they started killing us, too"

"What?" Becks dee I privately echoed the sentiht people on my team when I started this study Now I’m the only one left" Kelly sniffled I realized without any real surprise that she was on the verge of tears "I need help I didn’t knohere else to go"

Becks and I exchanged a look Dave and Alaric did the same Then everyone turned toward me, like they expected one, they did

Crap

It seereat story about how their family shows support of their career in the news Alaric’s father paid for his college education, no strings attached--scholarship by Daddy Dave coe Russian faie’s parents buy her everything her little Fictional heart desires, and Mahir’s parents are so happy hat he does that they send care packages to the office Care packages froland, sent to an office where he doesn’t even work That’s how cool with things they are

Shaun may hate the Masons, but at least they supported what he chose to do with his life No cotillions, no co-out parties, no "Oh, honey, this is just a phase" or "Please, darling, it’s just one night" Just one night, just one dance, just one silk dress, and the next thing I knew, I’d be just one more product of the Westchester Trophy Wife Factory, proudly producing quality goods since the days of the Mayflower I ahter of the Ao I kno to plan a cocktail party, make siene in favor of what matters: his bloodline and his bank account

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It’s days like this when I ia o Irwin the second the opportunity presented itself, but she understood what Isorry that I let thes that made her a pretty lousy friend made her an excellent boss, and I think this would all be a hell of a lot easier if she were here