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“He led me to what you call a police station”

I blinked Then I breathed, “What?”

“He led me to what you call a police station,” Tor repeated

What on earth?

“Why?”

“Froh the doors when he went in, it appears he is known there so h when I asked, “He’s a cop?”

“A what?”

“A police officer An officer of the law A –”

“Do these old ee?” I asked back

“Perhaps He carried such as this on his belt”

“Yes, a badge and yes, cops carry badges”

“Then yes,” Tor stated, “it would see and stared into the darkness

This, I reckoned, was not good

Tor sat up and called, “Cora?”

I focused on his shadow “I don’t think this is good, Tor”

“I would say there’s no thinking about it, my love,” he replied and I stared at hial?” he asked

“Um… no, if it’s done in a casino, of which there are soal”

“Then Cora is attending illegal games,” Tor declared and I blinked

Then I cried, “How could she even find illegal games? And, how did she even learn how to play poker? She was here less than two al poker game and I never understood poker And… and… not only how but… why?”

His ar, “The Cora of my world is what she is, and she does what she does, and very little of it is good We cannot waste our energy trying to understand hohy because the answer to the first is superfluous and even if we knew the answer to the second, ould not coy on is what kind of danger she has placed you in”

Okay, it ood thing

“Right,” I agreed

“Share your thoughts,” he de them in my head “The best case scenario is that he’s a dirty cop and he’s in on whatever she’s in on, they’re playing at it together This would be good since I won’t be going to any ga it clear he’s out of the picture and he’ll have to find another sugar ed when I stopped

“The worst case scenario, and the one I’ it is, is that he’s undercover and he’s either investigating her activities or using her as an in to bring down so racket”

“This would be bad,” Tor ht