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She sat beside me "No, this is perfect She is bound by confidentiality She can’t tell anyone"

"Unless she thinks I’m a threat"

"That’s true But she doesn’t I told her that you help people and would never intentionally hurt an innocent person"

"That makes me feel so much better Why are you here on a Sunday?"

"Sometimes I see city employees and I try to ith their schedules"

She was totally hiding soured I could get some paperwork done, too," she added

"Are you scared of him?"

She turned back to me "Officer Pierce? No Why?"

That got ?"

"What? No one"

"Ge my eyes so far back, I almost seized, "you can’t lie to me"

She put her cup down and pointed at me "That is so unfair Even ere kids, you cheated"

"Cheated?"

"Yes You shouldn’t get to use your powers on just anyone"

"I didn’t You have an infinity symbol drawn on the inside of your wrist"

"Oh" She blushed

"You only do that when you’re seeing sorade school, and I quickly learned that when she started drawing infinity symbols, she was secretly in love I couldn’t believe she still did it She was like thirty or so Who did crap like that? I nonchalantly covered the letters R-E-Y-E-S I’d drawn onso this permanent" When I thinnedhim I just would like to"

"Bummer Unrequited love sucks ass So, who is this mystery idiot who clearly has no taste if he hasn’t asked you out yet?"

"No one And you’re nothim Ever"

I placed a hand over my heart "Are you ashamed of me?"

"Yes"

"No" I held up my palm "Don’t hold back I can take the truth"

"I’ behind her desk and shuffling through papers