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"No," Bug said
She blinked
"I’ said, his diction perfect, his voice flat "The coffee is on the kitchen counter over there Help yourself"
She opened hersaid
Don’t do it, don’t do it
"Would you like soet it for you"
Rynda got up and walked to the kitchen counter, glancing in Rogan’s direction for awhispered back
Rynda ca resuAll this tension was distracting ?"
She startled "Yes"
"Glad to hear it" There A little less tense
"I didn’t realize you were there when I called Connor"
And we’re back to aard Great
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"I understand that you and Connor have a relationship," Rynda said "But I need hiht now I hope you understand"
Oh no No "Rogan and I have soentle as possible "You are not a part of it"
"I’ve known hione and you’re scared But Rogan won’t be anyone’s plan B He isn’t a backup option"
"Is that a threat?"
I sighed "No I’ to threaten you You’re h a pressure cooker This isn’t a ‘back away froan and I have is genuine I don’t bla and if you sory with you as with hiether so hard, they were almost bloodless "What is your point?"
"Suppose for a an to somehow become involved with you Then what?"
She didn’t answer
"Were you relieved when he broke the engagement?"
"That’s a private matter"
"You were relieved, because you didn’t really want hi You want the security his presence provides, but you don’t love the man who creates it" But I did I loved him and all his volatility
"You don’t knowabout me"
"You asked what my point was Here is my answer: if you continue to rely on others for that security, you will never find it You’re a Prie of yourself My circlework htit I didn’t ask Rogan to draw it for me, because I didn’t have to"
Rynda rose, her coffee in her hands, walked over to the open doors, and stood on the left side, watching Rogan power through the final motions of the Key He finished and walked into the rooan," she said, her voice soft and broken "Your people don’t like me"
"They don’t have to like you," he said "They will, however, protect you and your children with their lives"