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And yet, Jaiiven to her brother If I interfere with his chance, she’ll never forgive me

So I keep my mouth shut

We chat for a few moreobligations of running a large security firm I offer to escort Clay back out Instead, he asks, “Hey… youme a tour of the place? Griffin says you actually have an indoor firing range here”

Laughing, I clap hilad to”

I start weaving through the pit desks, and he follows “This is obviously the h the garage and first floor, so you can see we like to keep our place well caed”

“Yeah” Clay laughs, shaking his head “It was a bit disconcerting co a security scan to get inside”

“The technology we have here is better than you feds will ever see,” I tease Who knows, maybe one day Clay ant to move from the Fibbies to the private sector?

Westaircase, but I point over to the elevator just ten feet away “You can take either up to the third and fourth floors, but most of us use the stairs”

Clay glances over to the antique freight elevator that chugs at the speed of ot recently was just before Anna gave birth to her daughter Those last feeeks, she took the elevator rather than the stairs

I putupward, when I note Clay’s gaze slide to the right Heat the first glassed office there, which belongs to our resident shrink, Dr Corinne Ellery

She’s sitting at her desk, head bent over her laptop She always keeps her fluorescent overhead lighting off, preferring the alow of a few lamps set about her space instead

When I swing back to study Clay, he has the most stunned expression I’ve ever seen on anyone before Without even a backward glance attoward Corinne’s office, but in an alhost and is coht be a bit afraid of what he may find

I holdas he moves to her open office door He stands there, practically drinking her in with his gaze She has no clue she’s being observed

Finally, he says, “Corinne?”

As if he really can’t believe it’s her, despite the fact there’s a brass nameplate next to her door

It’s a subtle movement, but I can see her actually stiffen at the sound of Clay’s voice, then her head slowly rises as she takes him in