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They were in the library in under ten minutes, and Zane sat down at one of the tered in, paid for the account time, and launched an anonyotten through the uateways to launch a secure e-mail on the Bureau"s extended system

As soon as the e-ed his head on the table The little white ball on the tip of his Santa hat flopped over disconsolately “That"s the ainst the table

Zane chuckled wryly and leaned back in the chair All they could do ait here for an answer “You should have brought your crossword puzzle book”

Ty sighed heavily and sank to his knees, then turned and flopped onto the ground, effectively hiding under the desk so no one could see him there with Zane He propped his elbows on his knees and looked up at Zane, ready to wait, and Zane reached over and pushed the tip of the hat off the desk

It didn"tsituation Zane"s thoughts focused sharply on just exactly what Ty could be doing while on his knees under that desk, if he"d just scoot over between Zane"s legs It took a hell of a lot of willpower to try to banish that thought

They watched each other silently for a couple of minutes before Zane spoke up, et on his knees too “Want to watch a football game?”

That got Ty"s attention He perked up and leaned forward

“How?” he asked eagerly

Zane shrugged and turned back to the ter sure it would alert thee and launched a ne After several clicks, he was scanning through available streaot Jacksonville versus Buffalo, Atlanta and Cleveland, Broncos at the Ravens, and… Arizona at New Orleans Take your pick”

“Give ain and turned to look up at the coe of the table, and he stayed on the ground, content to kneel there at Zane"s knee

“Not Baltimore?”

“Ravens are like step-children,” Ty answered as he squinted up at the screen “I love the on the couch when the house is full”

“So what teainia…

the Steelers?” It only took a few keystrokes to pay for the satellite access, and the game from the past Sunday popped up on the screen, just before kickoff

“We were sort of a perfect storm,” Ty answered as he rested his chin on his hands “With baseball it was all Braves all the way on TBS

But football, we caught Cincinnati, Washington, Pittsburgh, Philly, Cleveland Whoever was on network that week I was partial to the Redskins But I got attached to the Saints when I was in Louisiana”

Another piece of Ty"s life casually revealed “I never watched any team but the Cowboys before I lived in Mia away the new little bits of information about his partner