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"I don’t believe this, no, it can’t be true Tell me, Anna, tell me"

"Listen to me, Delsey, I simply couldn’t tell you earlier That’s what undercoverIt’sanyone, even you, would only have put you and all of us at risk"

Delsey gave her a full-blown sneer "Turns out I was at risk anyway, doesn’t it?"

Anna hated Delsey’s anger, but there was nothing she could do about it She slowly nodded "That’s true enough"

"Like that dead agent or partner of yours I found in ht I was al to do with you, Anna?"

"I would never have put you at risk, Delsey, not knowingly I didn’t know about it until after it happened That’s why I’m here to see you safely out of Maestro now"

Delsey wheeled on Griffin "And you, brother, how long have you known? And Ruth, Dix, everyone else that Anna simply couldn’t tell, since she was here undercover?"

Griffin took her hands, since he couldn’t be sure she wouldn’t belt hi so pissed off Like Anna said, she’s only been doing her job"

"Yeah, and part of it was to play me"

Anna said, "Yes, it started out that way, but Delsey, I’ to you, I came to like you a whole lot You’re my BFF Please I don’t want to ruin our friendship"

Griffin said, "Listen, Dels, she’s so closeot it out of her yesterday afternoon She didn’t want to tell ured it out, you see"

"Here you figured it out in two days and I didn’t because I’m a blind idiot, and here I’ve known her for months and months"

"I’ve seen you be an idiot, Delsey, but not about this As for Griffin figuring it out, so ot here We’ve been in a pressure cooker, and it’s ready to pop