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"An old coworker" I ran er over the butter knife next to my drink

"Coworker" Ava leaned forward a little htened "You mean another assassin"

"Yes" I saw the swish of blonde hair in my peripheral vision and silently palmed the knife and slid my hand under the table

"And is this coworker a friend?" Ava’s eyes darted out the

"Depends on her s out from under the table quickly "She’s a short-tempered one"

"Now, that’s not fair" A warm voice replied from behind me

"Hm The last time I saw you, you shot out my tire" I narrowed my eyes, but didn’t turn around The ht

"You forgot to call" A small hand slid over ers around her wrist and pulled her closer Her s Mavis have a chance at Ava

"You burned le ht you didn’t want to hear froot over it"

"What do you want, Mavis?" I lowered my voice

"Well, since it looks like you’ve uess I could collect the money on your head" The knife in hter "Or I could settle for breakfast with an old friend" Mavis pulled the chair out next to me "Would you rather me sit here or across frorowled the words I didn’t want Mavis any closer to Ava until I knew exactly what she was after Mavis was an assassin, a very accomplished assassin, but she usually picked cases where her appearance would et next to a powerful man if he wanted to fuck you And Mavis was very fuckable I knew from experience

"Would you like a menu, miss?" The waitress sat the plates down on the table and smiled at Mavis

"Tea, please, and a ued about purses in the past I thought they would be a distraction, but Mavis insisted that they let you get aith a lot h holster

"Yes, ma’am" The waitress moved away and I looked at Ava I tried to reassure her with

"You said your name was Jilly" Ava narrowed her eyes at Mavis "I knew there was so with you"

"Jilly?" I looked from Mavis to Ava