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He decides to call Olla, his ex-wife Perhaps she can shed so plans Olla lives at the edge of the city in a se really, that she shares with her partner, Bettina, a horticulturalist Olla insisted that the relationship did not overlap with the an suspects otherwise It lad That Olla should take up with a wos easier for him It would be more difficult for him if she were married to a man, if a man were in her bed

Bettina is the one who answers Their relationship is wary but cordial, and she fetches Olla to the phone In the background Logan can hear the chirps and squawks of Bettina’s collection of caged birds, which is voluminous--finches, parrots, parakeets

"We just saw you on TV," Olla starts off

"Really? How did I look?"

"Quite dashing, actually Confidence-inspiring A ree? She’s nodding"

"I’ht, easy banter Very little has changed, in a way They were always friends who could talk

"How does it feel?" Olla asks

"How does what feel?"

"Logan, don’t be es the subject "By any chance, have you talked to Race lately?"

"Oh, that," Olla sighs "I wasn’t really surprised He’s been hinting at it for a while, actually I’ he hasthe gun, "I think it’s a huge mistake"

"Maybe But he knows his ownto sell it to them?"

"I didn’t really have a choice"

"There’s always a choice, Logan But if you’re askingThe place has been sitting there too long I alondered why you didn’t let it go Maybe this was the reason"