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"How’s business been? The new contract working out?"

"It is, yeah" Garvey nodded "Been expanding a bit, even Don’t want to go into debt for it, but I think now’s not a bad ti out"

"Seeer on his knee "I just wanted you to know… Tos for you"

"I’erous individuals"

"I know But… this recent thing, I thought you should know" Garvey looked stricken "Jesus, any decent person would be bothered by it, but especially anyone with a family, yeah?"

He frowned "I’m afraid I don’t knohat you’re--"

Murphy broke off when the door opened and Tom walked in

"Evenin’, boss Andrew Did you tell hi yet?"

Garvey shook his head "Was just about to, but--"

"Good He needs to see" Toraphs onto the coffee table in front of Murphy "I am rarely tempted to raphs and paged through thery "What are these?"

He could see the obvious Young wo from early teens to twenties, with hollow cheeks and dead eyes, huddled in what looked like cargo holds The thing that jumped out at him immediately was their looks

They were obviously sick, but if you could see past it, all the girls were very attractive In fact, the cynical thought that leapt to his raphs resembled a macabre fashion shoot, only the ?" he asked There was no way to avoid all of it, but he did his best to eliminate what he could "Have they been reported to the human authorities?"

"Don’t think ant to do that just yet," Tom said "It’s more than that, Murphy"

He folded his hands carefully "Tell me"

Tom nodded toward Garvey, who started to speak

"We didn’t see the girls It was the boys on deck that jumped out to soht away They weren’t sailors Didn’t look like pros at all Then one ofto sneak ashore fro caviar, of all things It’s an EU country, but the boy trying to sneak ashore had nothing No papers Only spoke a little English, and he was desperate to leave He weren’t a regular sailor, Murphy"

Tom nodded "Once Garvey reported the incident to me, some of the lads and me searched the ship Thank fuck I tookI think they used the boys for cheap labor and hid the girls"