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"Yeah Sure"

He didn’t really want to, of course He wanted to eavesdrop on whatever was being shared between Audrey, good old Uncle Adarip

He went outside with Jack Genevieve had a nice setup for cleaning and preparing fish The knife Jack handed hiut and fillet the fish as if it were butter

"Where do you think Marshall has gone off to?" Jack asked

"What?"

"Marshall, remember? Your co-worker Co-boss of our operation This isn’t like him He loves a barbecue, and he loves Gen’s place," Jack said

"I don’t know But we’ve got a cop right inside Maybe it’s ti," Thor said

"Yeah, and maybe he’ll have us all by the balls if we do," Jack said dryly "Maybe he’s off getting hot and heavy with so his cell I , if you knohat I mean?"

Thor didn’t reply He was anxious to finish with the fish

Victor, cradling a cold bottle of beer, walked out to join them "Need any help out here?" he asked

Jack indicated the pile of fillets they had just cut "You’re too late"

"Sorry"

"It’s all right," Jack said "I think I could cut up a fish in my sleep"

Victor looked distracted as Jack pulled out a box of alureat Loosely wrap them in the foil, add a pat of butter, a squirt of liet any fresher They’re going to be great"

"Yeah, great," Victor ?" Thor asked hi"

Thor shrugged and started wrapping the fish according to Jack’s instructions

"It’s that guy," Victor blurted

"What guy?" Jack asked "Audrey’s uncle?"

"What’s wrong with him?" Thor asked casually

"He’s…creepy," Victor said

"He need a bath or so?" Jack asked

"No He’s just…creepy Those eyes of his…kind of pale And his skin is almost white"

"He’s just not froh he felt uncouy hiave hiain, a lot of things wereuneasy Not like this The world was full of known dangers It was okay to be uneasy about going out in heavy seas It was all right to have a sinking heart when you were going into a swao, Victor You want to be useful? Give Jack a hand I’ll go check up on Uncle Creepy, how’s that?" Thor said

He didn’t wait for an answer but headed on into the kitchen to wash his hands Genevieve ca; she seemed lowed His sto about last night to hi to her When he’d gotten downstairs, guests had already been arriving

She smiled at him, wrinkled her nose "Tastes , huh?" she teased

He slipped an arm around her, and brushed her lips with a kiss, heedless of anyone else who ed him back enthusiastically

"What’s that all about?" he asked

She shrugged "I don’t know I just feel as if a weight has been lifted"

She started to walk away

He pulled her back

"Who the hell is Uncle Adam?" he asked

She pulled back and looked him in the eye "A very nice man, that’s all"

He dried his hands and walked into the living roo on the sofa, next to Audrey Bethany and Alex were trying so at the two of the her that he would , nursing a beer