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"We’re going to have to talk about it sooner or later"

"I know" Chris pushed away to douse hiht," he said, but he added, arning, "As long as you knoon’t wait forever"

Dare stood with Chris, one hand flattened on the desktop as they looked over the file "I need the background on the last five owners Go back two, even five years if you have to I need to pinpoint when the forced labor started there"

"Got it" Chris did sonhborhood, too See if there’s been any uptick in cri and he set the papers to print

Pacing beside them, coiled with tension, Trace said, "Sorry for the rush This job came out of nowhere, and I’d do it myself, but I’m buried in research on that damned twisted cult"

Chris sat back in his chair "The seventeen-year-old, right?"

"Her parents have been insane orry" Trace unwound enough to rub the back of his neck "God save uided youth"

"We looked at her parents, her ho sure she didn’t have reason to book Everything checked out at ho again "He’s a damned twenty-six-year-old plant"

"Last count," Dare said, "he had about a dozen girlfriends in the co in recruits"

"When are youon it?"

Dare folded the file "Couple of days, tops"

"Authorities will ht after I’ve cleared out" Trace’s eyes narrowed "I want to get the kids out of there first, though"

"Keep theht up in the media frenzy"

"That’s about it"

"No worries" Chris pushed back his chair and collected the papers and file "I’ve got this covered so you can concentrate on teaching that twenty-six-year-old bozo the error of his ways"

Dare shook his head "He’s a creep, but he’s ss"

"The cult leader has support fro mood "I think they use the coround"

Chris whistled "The politicians I researched a week ago?"

"The records you dug up gave us our first concrete evidence" Dare clapped him on the shoulder "Which reminds rinned, but the humor faded beneath concern for the kids involved in the cult "Seriously, if there’s anything else you need me to do, just letalready What else is there?"

"Doing everything is easy when you’re Superet on it See you guys later"

Dare watched hi, but he couldn’t pinpoint it Sure, the idea of kids involved in a cult, or in forced labor--that was terrible stuff

But their work centered on that and worse on a day-to-day basis Chris handled it with ease, dealing with everything fro of his household