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"Oh, thanks So, are you going over?" I asked hi about getting dressed anytiing an index finger

"What?" he asked, all innocence andto

"You put on a shirt or you stay hoive that poor woh to deal with having both Garrett and Reyes in the saether If one of therinned and went to his closet, looking just as good going as coot there, the coffee was brewed and Cookie had brought over a basket of ht an open pack of guate around the throngs of departed women Our actions had to look odd to the two nonsupernatural beings in the roo room, Reyes and I on Sophie and Garrett and Cookie on lesser chairs ere apparently unworthy of naet a foothold I didn’t let it, assuring it that I’d just been busy The chairs would get na books andFroet some answers Sweeeeet

"Do you want to take off your jacket?" I asked his, what’s been happening and what I’ve figured out"

"Sounds o deeper into the sofa Reyes threw a possessive arbefore she caught herself

Garrett’s gaze darted toward the movement as well, then back at ht want to know soot started in the bond enforceht the conversation would take, but okay "You were in the ht, and that training definitely coineer working in Colo in "He was kidnapped and you never heard froain"

"Exactly What I didn’t tell you is why I’ people I see the world through a different lens than it

"My father was the first person inwith his life But his ancestors were a little less acade and very well established line of con artists"

"Con artists," I said in disbelief "Like real con artists?"

"Yep Grifters of every size, shape, and color And that’s probably why it tookto believe in what you could do In who you are We don’t harbor an overabundance of trust, especially e use the same tactics for a con We know every trick in the book"

"Wait, for real?" Cookie asked, still trying to wrap her head about it

I was right there with her "Like genuine con artists?"