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“Dmitri hasn’t told me any of this Not a word of it Why did he keep all of that from me?”

“That’s just D my hand “He probably didn’t want to burden you He’s been like that his whole life, always taking the weight of the world on his shoulders Like, after his parents were killed, he dropped out of college and took care of all five of his sisters And he was only nineteen Dmitri took care of me as well, since I didn’t have aaftercare of so many people But he never complained, and never once asked anyone for help That’s just how he is”

“Oh God,” I murmured “That poor, wonderful man”

“He loves you soafter he met you, Dht I’ between the two of you? It’s going to blow up in his face And how do you think ato fare after et Dmitri in line? Or after he kills you? If ht as well put a bullet inback fro like that, not for Dmitri”

“Sokolov has to be stopped, that’s the bottom line That monster needs to be in jail” And then I rehter, and said, “No offense”

“None taken I knohat ed her knees to her chest “But he’s not going to jail He’s too smart for that”

“We have to do so, Catherine We have to help Dmitri”

“I’ to help him That’s why I’ on hold and hopped on a plane I hoped I could talk soain and said, “But now that I’ve met you I’d be a monster, too, if I told you to stay away from him You’re exactly what I would want for otten fro killsyou two are completely headed for disaster”

I pressedmoment And then I opened them and said, “Your father’s not infallible There has to be soainst hiet him out of the picture”

She grinned at me “Dmitri would fall for a cop Just to make this all the more complicated”

“Yeah, , too,” I told her