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"That’s fantastic news" His voice was so genuine, so excited "You’re better off without them Is the plan still to attack the camps? Did you find the infor the saonize over it I crossed my arms over my chest to hide the wayWhat about it? What’s happening?

"Clancy You really want to pretend we’re on the same team?"

"Aren’t I basically thein an ifor me to do you a favor Don’t think for a second I don’t know that you need me to help you track down ade If you want the information, you’ll have to retrieve it yourself"

My patience had been worn down to the width of dental floss in the span of two e and watching theive him the pleasure "Where did you leave the files? Colorado? Back in Virginia?"

"Not files, and closer than you think," he said, raising his eyebrows "Come on, don’t play dumb You know exactly what I mean"

I did

"You really are sick in the head," I told hioing tome embarrass myself?"

"You see into eles rathole you called HQ Why no confidence now?" he taunted I knew hiht I did--I’ Entertain me

"I’ what happened in Los Angeles I really loved seeing all of those precious memories of you and your mom You were kind of a crybaby, weren’t you?"

His brows drew together, assessing For a ht up Lillian Gray; it was too early to signal to him that I had an interest in her, too early to so y if I was going to try to suss out her location and what, precisely, her son had done to her

I kepteven You’ve done it before, Ruby It was always easier to slide into someone’s mind after I’d already created a path there But both times, I’d had to catch him by surprise to do it--I’d been so damn furious in each case that if my hit had been physical and not mental, I was half-convinced I could have taken out a cement wall