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Violet wasn’t sure what to think She pulled her hand away froertip around the rim of her coffee cup Part of her wanted to walk away, to leave the team and all its secrets She didn’t know if she wanted to be part of a group that couldn’t be honest with one another about the siements How could she trust them with her secrets if they didn’t trust her with theirs?

But she knew she was being dramatic She knew she could trust them because she already had They’d already saved her life once

"So, how’d you guys end up here?" she asked at last, wanting to hear the rest of the story

"At the Center?" When Violet nodded, Sara pursed her lips "Shortly after Gemma came to live with us, I went to rinned at Violet "Kind of a psychic detective division"

Despite herself, Violet grinned back at her Out loud, it sounded ludicrous, even though that was exactly what the team was

"I was denied, of course," Sara went on "At least officially But, later, I was approached by a director--so on anization that was interested in e could do, and they illing to give me the freedom I needed to runfor the Center In return, they occasionally send us cases that require the utround check on an e with law firms or the district attorney And soas they don’t ask us to do anything illegal, I don’t ement; it frees us up to work on the cases we choose to work, the ones where I feel all of your skills are used best"

Violet had speculated about the high-tech facility and how a teaencies could afford such a luxurious space

She’d even felt strange taking h Sara had insisted it was her job now and she should be co a paycheck for so she had no real control over

But now it made sense to her There was someone else, some outside entity--an entity with a lot oftheir abilities

Violet was suddenly grateful that her ability didn’t involve reading people’s thoughts or e on soain, she chided herself, she was the girl as drawn to the dead Repulsive was relative, she supposed

But itshe’d probably never have to answer to the people with the big checkbooks She wasand she pulled it out to check it She frowned at the display "Sorry, Violet, it’s one of the detectives working the collector case; I need to take this" She scooted back from the table and left Violet alone in the kitchen