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Dad paused "Going on thirty years, so his terions h Makes easy work for Dukes"

"Have you worked out there?" Patti asked him

"Not permanently Only odd jobs here and there They call ," I said

He frohen Patti giggled, and the corner of Kope’slared at me, but his eyes held way too h chitchat," he said "Back to business"

We leaned in as he laid out a small map of the Middle East and pointed to the country of Syria on the Mediterranean Sea "She recently turned twenty-five, and I believe they left Saudi Arabia when her identity was leaked as one of the girls in an illegal photo shoot I have two of the less racy pictures here Apparently they sparked a national outrage" He flipped over a picture, which at first glance seeht about them in context of the culture In the first photo, taken in a nondescript room, she was completely draped in the traditional black burka, head and face covered with a thin slat for her eyes But in one hand she pulled up the garment to reveal her knees, slih heels Her eyes glittered with rebellion

I glanced at Kope, whose gaze darted around the walls of our apartreat efforts not to look at the picture

I turned the first picture over and flipped the next one, which was slightlyin the high heels, but the burka was lifted in both hands to the back of her thighs, her head and face coverings had been re ebony hair flowed seductively down her arched back Her eyes were closed, and even though the top half of her face showed, it was not enough to give away her identity

I saw more skin than that atincredibly sexy about the s it was a culture that valued modesty and sexual purity I pushed the picture toward Kope, who glanced at it and nodded I watched hi if the pictures offended hiht ripped mine A blush crept up my neck into my cheeks until he lowered his lids back to the ht Underneath all that self-control, Kope was still just a guy

"There’s so out another photo I took a drink, hoping to cool myself of the embarrasses can’t be captured on fil to control it This is a htclub in Da at a bar, wearing designer jeans and a tasteful short-sleeved blouse with her hair down In the next picture the photographer had zoo a bottle of so from her purse into her drink on the sly My heart quickened, and I inspected the picturea headscarf," I pointed out

Dad said, "Not all the wo hate?" Patti asked

"Yep," Dad answered "Sonellion, her father, uses her to help further the cause of violence and hatred against woyny’s one of his favorites, but it’s e these days"

Patti tsk-tsked and shook her head