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"I need to kno ed my hair "Secret, be patient"

"Make up a nu it up When I told her so, she took the second bottle of Jameson away before I could open it

We watched an infolad I drank blood instead of disgusting carrot-and-beet-juice blends I was also sober, and the erief threatened to shole

When Gabriel had left ain

Now I remembered why

Chapter Thirty-Five

Keaty didn’t look happy to see me

His mood didn’t improve when I sat down and said, "I need your help"

He slipped the folder in his hand into his file cabinet and closed the office door behindto get onprojects for his done right and only focuses on how you forgot to do the dishes This was Keaty’s way, and I was prepared for it

I threw an envelope full of hundred dollar bills on his desk The money spilled out draest payout, but seventy hundred-dollar bills looks pretty pimp when it’s fanned out on a desk

"What’s this?"

"I closed the Gerry case"

"Did you--"

I threw a folder on top of the money "Paperwork is done"

I’d actually co for Louisiana but hadn’t taken the time to tell him

He counted out thirty bills and handed them to me "Good work"

"I need your help"

"I’rand in pocket could perk up so skills

"So in this sentence that really got Keaty’s attention, and it wasn’t that someone wanted me dead Neither of us was terribly surprised by this

"Hired? You’re sure?"

"I am"

"What makes you think it’s a professional job?"

"First, they tailed it and Kellen in on the highway Then they knehen I’d be at Kleinfeld and tried to guntaken into custody He clearly didn’t want anyone asking any questions And two days ago they came aftersubtle about their efforts"

"Hmm"

"Yes Hmm indeed"

"Under normal circumstances I would ask if you had any enemies, but…"

I threw another paper on his desk This one was a list, and it was a list no huiven "That’s the name of every olf in the Eastern pack Not just Manhattan wolves, every wolf in Lucas’s pack So, and I think that someone is on the list"

"So whatyou?"

"The guy at Kleinfeld was human And there was no way a wolf could have maintained human form in Louisiana to shoot me No way It had to be humans"

"And you want ic Look at bank records See if there’s anyone on the list rites crazy letters to Congress or has a brother who really likes collecting guns Investigate"

"My time is valuable, McQueen"

"And my life isn’t?"

We stared at each other I chucked o

"I’ll see what I can do"

"Work fast I’ married on Friday"

"Mmhmm"