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"That was just the once and I had a good reason"

Yeah, like the girl'sthe girl to ument"

"Fine," Ta in "Hold on"

B-Squad didn't have on hold music It was just a series of rhythmic beeps She'd counted fourteen beeps when Lexie, the resident couru and cat aficionado, picked up

"Leah, what kind of trouble are you causing now?" Lexie asked, as always ossipy crazy

"Whattrouble, Lexie?"

"Because I know you and your brother," Lexie said, the sound of her fingers click-clacking across the keyboard co in loud and clear over the line "If trouble isn't everyone in your faht cat obsession"

"You're calling an entire wardrobe of cat T-shirts and enough kitty figurines to ht?"

"I'm quirky," Lexie said "So sue me"

"I'd rather put you to work"

"What've you got?" she asked, going straight into all-business mode

"Two dirt bags, Hank Wynn and Markus Miller They're involved in so about thee of the crew"

"Doesn't sound like idle curiosity tosome of the B-Squad toys?"

Leah wasn't sure whether to be thankful or annoyed that her brother's B-Squad crew had adopted her as one of their own For a girl with trust issues, it took a little getting used to

"Nah, between the Feds and one big-dicked sheriff I have enough babysitters already"