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"Where was your job interview?" His voice ruhed "I really wanted it, too"

"Is that what you were doing at the café? Filling out job applications?"

My cheeks heated at the re me "Yeah I didn’t expect to hear back from them so quickly"

"When did you hear fro I barely had enough tiet ready" I stirred the pot on the stove "I wonder if I would’ve gotten the job?"

"Had youthey wouldn’t have had any idea why you were there"

"What do youhe was ih for the position

"It was a set up They were drawing you out so they could make the hit"

"But--"

"Think about it, Ava What are the odds that someone would call you before normal business hours to ask you to come in for an interview?" His head cocked to the side "They were hoping to take you out without causing a scene The garage was typically e"

Myinto email isn’t difficult" He walked to the sink and rinsed his bowl "I should know"

"But--but" I shook et the job interview?"

"Is that the part that upsets you the lared at hiet a work visa" I leaned ainst the counter and crossedback to the States?"

"I won’t have a choice if I can’t find a job" I turned back to the stove and stirred the pot again I was still shocked that I had been set up, thathad the wosince I’d arrived during a thunderstors

"Don’t you have a job and family back home?" He moved a little closer and I could feel his eyes on me like a caress It was so odd to look at him and find the balance between the entle ed

"No?"