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"Abduction?" I leaned back and thought about it That explained why the squad hadn’t taken any good shots at her "What for?"

"These people aren’t all like you, Owen Most of them don’t care the why or what of it They want the money or the hunt They don’t ask for a reason" He shook his head "You’re a rare card"

"Who put the job out?"

"It caer narrowed his eyes "I don’t deal with huood clean kill is one thing, selling a person is another fucking ot back to me"

"Why her? Why this wo up and I didn’t believe in coincidence Had Marcus turned on ?

"Not sure The job was for the American She wasn’t to be hurt, which isn’t too unusual Either they want her as a hostage or a slave" He cocked his head to the side "You have her?"

"Does it look like I have a woive up any information that I didn’t have to

"Owen, you’ve always been an odd fit for this job You still have a heart and e If you have that woet her out of the country" The kettle whistled and he stood up to fix the tea "The gaed"

"How much has Marcus offered?" I stood up and stretched It had been a long few days

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"These" I set the ser opened a cabinet and pulled out a suns I had picked up "Nine millimeter Subsonic ammo" He tossed un

"Do you have any burner phones?"

"How er opened the drawer of a work table and pulled out two packages

"That’ll do" I grabbed a bag from the floor and tossed er sat a knife and more aet this straightened out"