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Funny how he mentioned that

"If you are interested in a particular bloodline, we can process your request with greater expediency If we don’t have a profile for a House, ork hatever agency has sequenced it, whichof the request We will take care of your House, Ms Baylor We pride ourselves on our discretion"

"What if another House wants access to records for reasons other thana match?" I asked

"We will forward you their request for approval"

"What if it’s a very powerful House?" I asked

"It doesn’t hts, all of them have the same contracts, and all of them pay the same fees If you are a wounded House with only one Pri House with ten Primes, in our eyes you’re equal"

"How much is the fee?" I asked

"A fifty-thousand-dollar establishing fee for the first year and then twenty thousand annually After the first year, each additional DNA profile carries a twenty-thousand-dollar fee as well"

"Fifty thousand dollars?" Catalinasound

Fullerton didn’t say anything

Fifty thousand dollars I couldn’t re It was one-sixth of our annual operation budget and our rainy day reserve co a little extra for the security and the convenience of the largest archive," Cornelius said "But fees froet it over with," he said

"Catalina?"

"If we have to do it, this is fine"

I rose, went into ot out the firm’s checkbook

Chapter 5

I stood in front of reen dress that clung to ht black sandals with tiny sparkles The sandals gave an would still tower over me, but noould be three inches closer

My hair and Houston’s huhtened it, and it fell in a s my face My makeup was perfect:was just the way I wanted it I always hated wearing foundation, and even my face cooperated today No breakouts

The dress was a little plain I needed so sparkly to offset the low neckline I didn’t have anything on hand, so it would have to do as is

I checked my phone Almost seven

Last touch-up on the hair A tiny squeeze of the perfurabbed my purse and clicked my way down the stairs from my loft apart WWF on TV

"Yeah!" my sister roared "Take it, take it, take it"

On the screen, her fehter’s head Grand tea

I cleared ame and looked at me

"Eleven out of ten!" Arabella declared

Leon held up two thumbs

"Now this is a proper ‘you can’t haveto take her man?" Arabella asked

Grandrowled

"What?" Arabella whipped around "Why didn’t I know this?"

"She isn’t trying to take an doesn’t want her, he--"

My phone chier across the surface

So came up Give me an extra hour