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I snorted Talking Points is a lousy site, and they have a reputation for editing reports tothe a coreat use of your money, but a terrible abuse of the truth

Alaric narrowed his eyes "Mind if I continue?"

"Sorry" I wavedin his direction "I’m all ears No more interruptions, I promise"

"I’ll believe that when I see it," Alaric : "He repeated the lab accident story and added a cute little ‘maybe if they hadn’t somehoandered into a secure area, they wouldn’t have been forced to use the e to ent, or worse, trespassing"

"How did we answer that?"

"Mahir uploaded your footage, sans dialogue, of everything frohts going out Ti If you were someplace you weren’t supposed to be, it was because the director left you there"

"Reet the rest of us out of the line of fire, first?" Alaric’s tone was harsh, verging on nasty I’d never heard him talk to anyone like that before Not even after the ti need to talk to George was a sign of n of mental illness; I knew it then, too I just think the alternative to going crazy is even worse

I putas I studied Alaric He looked tired, but that wasn’t really a surprise We all looked tired, and with good reason "Dude, what’s going on? Did so?"

"I’ht any into a thin line "It’s not like any of us can quit at this point, is it? Not when they’re blowing up buildings to s"

"What, and you think that’s my fault?" I waved an arm toward the front door "I didn’t ask the Dochow up, and they started shooting at us as soon as they had a bead on where she was, remember? You cannot pin that one on me, Alaric You want to be pissed off at soreatest conspiracy of our generation! You just want it to be about revenge! It’s not all about you, Shaun It’s never been all about you You’re not the only one being lied to, and you’re not the only one who’s lost people I guess I’ that way"

I blinked "I… what?"

"You heard ht"

"Could’ve fooled h toAlaric jumped "Dammit, Alaric, this is not the ti you? Did you get trolled on the e boards? Is your revenue share down? Do you not like the guest room you’re in? What?"

"Was there a particular reason Rebecca ca like she hadn’t slept, and ran out of here the second she was given the opportunity to do so?" You could have used the edge on his voice to cut steel Closing his laptop with one hand, Alaric continued: "You were asleep at the ti an unpleasant encounter"

"Oh, crap" Any relief Icrazier--Becks and I really did have sex--was destroyed by the realization that I’d hurt her in the process I put a hand overmy elbow on the table "Oh, fk"