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I snorted, "When I was in that closet on the boat, I conteave ht athat level of filth out of a boat"

I started laughing, "I think he has abandoned it"

Coop leaned over toabout?"

I whispered, "The boat, what I saw froot to read the report to the coriain"

I nodded, "You and me both"

He took my hand in his, "You nervous?"

I shookmy kids behind"

He nodded, "They’ll be fine They’re going to love Canada"

I gave him a stoic face, "Has anyone ever really said that sentence and meant it?"

He chuckled, "I have heard that Canadians love it there"

I pointed at the , "It’s rained the entire trip down the coast from Alaska It just rains and rains Did you hear that lady at the Vancouver Airport who said she had been loving the mild weather? This is h, "How different is that from Boston?"

I wrinkled my noise at hiy and hot, spring is always a bit on the wet side, and winter is miserable, but fall is dry and crisp, and yet, somehoarm still"

He rolled his eyes, "It’s not much different from the East Coast weather here A north coast is a north coast Doesn’t matter so much if it’s east or west, it’s not Mexico"

I stuck ue out

He bent in and kissed me I smiled into the kiss, "Are you nervous?"

He cocked an eyebrow, "Why would I be nervous?"

An evil grin spread acrossbut hateful conte he did to you, I’ll kill you hed, "He and you were in cahoots in Ro to happen"

He nodded and whispered into my ear, "Not what you think"

My stoaze, "Did you know at the casino, before you sold ed?"

He shook his head, "Not until after we got the note and Luce got attacked James orchestrated the drop off of you at the ruins S came to us the second he dropped you off with Ja you to a brothel We were to follow hi boat He said that we should follow the boat and ed the contact with your mom and Fitz They were already in Root in a fight on the flight He said so to the effect that he wasn’t on CI or the Burrow’s payroll I heard him say, ‘One hu to yourabout you Jack and I i boat We intended to steal you back, assu to rescue you Of course, atched the harbor all night; you and Jaot on the boat Jack phoned S as pissed He said we’d been double-crossed We thought we’d lost you for sure S had been one hundred percent sure that James would take you to Split The order for you in Split had coher up than his mom"

I scowled, "So he never went to the brothel?"

He nodded, "He did He got a helicopter and took us there too Weboat She said she had a girl inside, a whore as Burrow The girl’s dad is one of the scientists S saved She and S had a thing, I think"

I nodded, "Yeah, Elise That was hed, "When S dropped us in Split with your ain until he alking you into the brothel He dialed and left his phone on We knew that was the signal to coht in the eyes, "So you never knew about the boat at all? S never knew James would take me there?"

Coop shook his head, "As far as I know, that was never the plan He went crazy e realized ere fked over by Jarin, "I never worried, I knew you had it"

I shoved hied it and it wasn’t pretty"

He nodded, laughing atkicked in"

I rolled my eyes, "I hate you sometimes"

He kissed ht the look on my face I shook my head, "I don’t and you don’t love me"

He shook his head, but I could see the love in his eyes, "No, I don’t I’lad you don’t love me either"