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“Not a single thing That’s just it It is perfect Not the sort of thing one would usually expect froirl with student loan debt”

Da abundantly clear that Sequoia was altogether too preceptive

“Insider trading, was it dear?” Sequoia asked, sympathetically

“Embezzlement actually,” I admitted before I could stop myself

“Oh, how dreadful Still, nothing to do with you, though If anything, you would be one of the victiery”

I didn’t cry I forced h that was the first time someone found out about whoatthe ht It wasn’t as though I had stolen itthe consequences, just like I was

I could feel Cooper’s hand on ifts despite his stated skepticism about it I put my head on his shoulder, and he kissed ly

It was after dessert Why do all the big things, both wonderful or terrible, always happen during or after dessert? It was an unwritten law of the universe that I still had yet to fully comprehend

I saw theet in a hurry He had a tendency to stay with you and keep coe, Ivanov looking as though he’d had a few thousand burritos in his lifetime My smile faded when I saas with him Glen Anderson wasot over it and started hating him for another, far more mature reason He was a cynical charlatan ould represent Satan if he was paid enough As evidence by who he was sharing a table with

I tried to avoid theents of pure evil, Anderson had very good senses

“Sarah, how is your daddy doing in prison?” Anderson asked

“She’s Jones’s attorney, you know,” Ivanov pointed out

“Great,” I said, re an appeal based on incompetent representation”

It wasn’t true, but I could help but at least try and pierce his arrogant bubble just a bit I tried not to smile too much as I watched him deflate

“I can fit you in next Friday to discuss the settleid

“Oh, that really doesn’t work for me, how about Tuesday, say two-ish?”

I kneas petty, but I just had to get back at hirace toto yield to hi so comparatively small

“Works for , used car salesman smile

It was a smile Cooper would have probably wanted to knock down Anderson’s throat, had he seen it Yet, at that particular moment, Cooper looked very pale, as Marla Anderson made eyes at him like he was a piece of beef