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“Anything?” Connor asked

“Anything” I could alether as he said it

“Okay,” I agreed “Have a nice – ”

“Is that all, Connor?” Klaus cut me off

I wanted to throw the phone across the rooht have, too, if it were mine

“No, it’s not,” Connor said, crossing his arms “That was very rude what you just did to Lily”

I looked up in shock

Stanley shook his head like, Here coain

“W– what?” Klaus asked, equally astounded

“Apologize to her,” Connor demanded

“That’s really not necessary,” I said in a squeaky little voice

“Yes It IS,” Connor insisted “Klaus?”

“This is ridiculous – I’m not – ”

“Are you always that rude to everyone, Klaus, or just to the people you can get aith it? Employees, waiters, people you can abuse your power over?”

“I’ to take this from – ”

“I think I ht call Dave back,” Connor mused “I know he’s very nice to his personal secretary Amanda I think he’d be interested to kno you kiss up and kick down”

I was about to faint

My very li before my eyes

Stanley looked like he atching a train wreck he was powerless to stop

There was a loooooong pause on the phone

“…sorry,” Klaus ht say her age in a crowded doctor’s office

“What was that? Couldn’t hear you!” Connor shouted

“Sorry, Lily,” Klaus seethed “Is that all, Misssster Brooksss?”

“It’ll do, I suppose Have a good night, Klaus!” Connor called out, then reached over, took the phone away fro up the call

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I rown an extra head, because Connor gave me a mystified expression

“…what?”

“What do you mean, ‘what’? What the hell was that?!” I fumed

“My only entertainrinned, then turned around and stuck out his arm “Stan, a pleasure Good to meet you”

Stanley just nodded his head in stunned silence as he shook hands

“Shall we?” Connor asked estured to the elevators with one hand and put the other on the small of my back

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