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"Come here, Kinky Easton" She beckoned "Amateur You know you should always do an equipment check before you play"

Today Nora wore jeans and a white blouse With her hair down and loose about her shoulders, Zach was drawn to her despite hio through hiers touched his wrist

"So what do you think?" he asked, trying to ignore the pleasant sensation of his hand in hers "Some sort of wire cutters? Or can you pick the lock?"

"I can pick it But I don’t have to"

Nora reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out her keys She flipped through a couple of them, stuck one in the lock and turned it The cuffs popped open and fell off his wrist

"Wonderful," he breathed "Thank you"

"You’re welcome" She stuffed the keys back in her pocket and picked up the cuffs "These are police issue cuffs The key on them should have worked"

"It didn’t Both Mary and I tried"

"Your prankster was really trying to cause trouble then Handcuffs are mostly standardized in Aet stuck"

"You know your stuff, don’t you?" he asked, impressed despite himself

"I strive for authenticity in my work"