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“It’s probably easiest,” Anna says as she pats the side of her desk, “if you ether We can figure what’s the most important to put in the database, then I’ll type it in”

“Let’s do it,” I reply, pushing up fro it over beside her

As I round the desk, I take a moment to notice how pretty Anna looks today For a sliver of time, I allow myself to appreciate the navy dress she paired with the same brown boots she wears almost every day She has a scarf tied around her neck with her hair in a high ponytail One thing I’ve noticed is Anna doesn’t wear much makeup… ht dusting of freckles across her nose

The lances up I out my dead teammate’s wife

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“Pop a squat,” she teases as she nods atoblivious

I leave the chair where it’s at, which is a safe distance of at least two feet from hers, and toss the file on her desk She pushes the binder away, pulls the folder closer, and opens it to study the first page

Leaning forward in my chair, I try to read over her shoulder, but I can’t really see shit She notices, gives me an eye roll, and says, “You can scoot your chair closer I don’t bite”

I know I’ ridiculous I move the chair beside hers until I can clearly see the docus, but all I notice is her perfuood

Light and fresh

Anna grabs so all the people we need to enter”

Before I can respond, soe He walks in, winks at Anna, and sticks his hand out across the desk todesk for a bit”

“Just watching over Anna to hs, and Anna lightly jabs me in the ribs

I double over, exaggeratingly rubbing at my side

“So what are you guys actually doing?” Cage asks as he plops in the other chair across the desk from us

“Putting all past cases into Dozer’s new database,” I reply

“That dude is crazy se says with an incredulous expression “That database is actually ence It will be able to learn the plans we enacted, where mistakes were made, and come up with better solutions”

Ih the file Snatching a stapled h it