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“What happened to yourwhere Jinx had punched him

“Disagreement with a client,” Cooper said

“Oh, dear,” Sequoia said, not sounding terribly concerned

“It was all in a good cause,” I said, feeling like I was defending him

That also wasn’t really a lie Fro to keep Jinx fro the subject of aCooper clearly had no fear of himself

“So, Sarah, what are your parents like?” Sequoia asked

“Uh, well, ot soh Didn’t keep et student loans Turns out law school is expensive”

“Especially the good ones,” Sequoia agreed

“How did you knohere I went?”

“Just a hunch”

“She has a lot of those, soht,” Cooper interjected

“Oh hush, and you know full well it is a lot more than sometimes”

“I figured it would be a way to make up for my teen years,” I volunteered

“Ah, naughty, were you?” Sequoia asked

“Terrible,where it was all coht and narrow path ever since”

“Ah, which explains why you didn’t mention your dad”

“Sorry?”

“When I asked about your parents You only mentioned your mom Not a word about dad, and you also h you had it and then you didn’t Which would explain your cut-glass, private school diction”

I blinked at her “What’s wrong with my diction?”