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Kent shrugged “Said she tried to find you She asked me”

And Kent would never say no to their baby sister She had hier Clint kneouldn’t have told her no either But he probably would have given her a talk first about his expectations for her behavior

“Doubt she tried that hard,” Zekeher oay”

Kent cleared his throat and gave Zeke a hard look “That’s our sister you’re talking about”

Zeke didn’t apologize Clint sighed He wasn’t exactly wrong about Eden She was just a touch spoiled But he and Kent could still re her She’d nearly died in the same car accident that had taken their parents She was precious to them

“Enough talk about our sister,” Kent said, glancing over at Clint “Since when do we hire females?”

“She can cook,” Zeke pointed out

“Not arguing that,” Kent saidto change it? And without talking about it first?”

“I’e,” Clint re to tell her that we couldn’t hire her but then I saw the state of her car”

Kent’s eyebrow rose “The state of her car?”

“Wouldn’t haveradiator fluid”

“So, call Dave to come tow it”

“Yep, that’s what I was going to do, chief,” Zeke said easily “Until I saw the backseat She’s been living in it”

Kent had been a senior chief in the SEALs, and everyone orked for him at JSI called him chief

“What? Really?” Kent asked, looking worried