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They both turned to the sound of feet running up the hall

Kent stopped short, out of breath "I saw the cops outside"

Mary spread her hand as if she were on a ga the prizes "Soe before staring at her "Are you hurt?"

"No It happened last night I just need to clean thethis up" Somehow she needed to do all this and see every client she’d pushed off until that night All on a few hours sleep

"I’m just across the hall," the secretary said

"Thanks" Mary pulled her hair back and continued to clean up the glass

"What tiht?" Kent asked

"Late, but I’m okay I’ a pain, they’re all bark"

"This doesn’t look like bark to me"

She was pissed but didn’t feel threatened And it was ti to her rescue every day

"I’ated to watch over me Glen will be here tomorrow I’m sure we’ll come up with a solution to all this"

The led smile on his face She didn’t want to hurt thelate ets here"

"That isn’t necessary"

He looked beyond her to the broken"Looks like it toand walking away

Glen woke to his phone ringing "Hello?"

"I woke you up"

"Mary?"

Evenher voice was nirvana

"I wanted to call before I left the office in hopes you’d still be awake I’ll call in the ht and turned on the lamp in his bedroo isn’t the sa you off"

"Your last e was sucked into cyberspace, too"

"I’ve tried calling all day Was your phone off the hook?"

"About that"

For the next twenty minutes Glen listened, steamed, listened some more Ten minutes into the full twenty he pulled hi