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Hardwired Meredith Wild 16640K 2023-09-03

We stopped for a quick lunch at a little deli near the public gardens to regroup

After , Fiona joined me at the table "So how do you know Blake?"

I choked a little on elcoreat I hope it works out"

"Me too"

"Blake gets so involved in his investments I’ve seen some of those companies really take off"

I nodded and spared her the fact that he had "passed" onht expect from a ruthless businessman

"What about you? Do you do this full-tis, so Ithose, but I dabble with other listings in town"

"I guess it’s good to keep it in the family"

"Definitely Blake keeps us busy with all his projects"

"Iout the details of our Las Vegas rendezvous

"Oh, yeah?"

"He’s a character," I continued, hoping to glean a little bit more about her charismatic brother and whatever issues Blake had with him, if only for Alli’s sake

"You could say that I have no idea how Blake keeps up with him" She looked past me, her face carefully void of es?"

"No, it’s just ined what lifeor two Someone to share the eht of our hardships with and carry on together The closest person to knohat I’d been through was Elliott, but like me, he’d moved on

Fiona and I finished our lunch and she drove us to the last apartment of the day, which she pro for She pulled in front of a picturesque brownstone on Commonwealth Ave The street was tree-lined fro paths and beautifullythe two sides of the street The location was address to many of the who’s who of the city, and while I enjoyed the change of scenery from the lackluster places I’d seen so far, I worried how far out of the budget this would fall

Nonetheless, I followed her up a flight of stairs We entered a light and spacious two-bedroom apartment

"Wow"

"This just came onto the market," Fiona said