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She sood,” she said

She heard Brady unbuckling his belt, throwing clothes over a chair, saying he was “gonna hose off the day” When he caot under the covers He took Yuki into his arms

“You sood,” he said

“I soaked for an hour in lerass and citrus I have to do that more often”

Brady said, “I heard a rumor that your case collapsed Lindsay told me Don’t be mad at her”

“It’s okay I was going to call you but figured I’d catch you in the ”

“I deserve that But you kno it is”

“Not really, Brady”

She pushed away fro a foot of distance between them “I don’t know So why don’t you fuckin’ tell me?”

“I will You go first,” he said “Your case What happened? Are you going to be all right with it?”

“Nope, no way, no chance I’ve reached the end ofon with you or hit the couch until further notice”

He rolled onto his back, thumped the pillows into his desired support level, and said, “I’ I was under a mayor-mandated Chinese wall Politics played a part in this And the immediate future of my job and the direction of the SFPD are under scrutiny, and have been for the last three months”

He turned to face her “You understand where I’?”

“Not at all,” she said “I lost ”

“Ice crea to breakbutter pecan”