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“Of course” She paused and the sound of shuffling papers cae for you from Ms Olsen”
The queen had spent ten years in New York City hiding in plain sight as a stylist naued she needed a different code name, but the queen was a stubborn woman “What does it say?”
“That Mr Colt has an appointment with another firm and can’t commit”
Shocked, he pushed the Windsor knot up too tight on his neck and had to take a second to loosen it Mr Colt was Rolf Macintosh And if he couldn’t coh had declared him untouchable The Americans? The British? Both were likely candidates to look the other way on soe for inforets and headed off terrorist attacks He couldn’t blame them, but still the new information tied a double knot around his balls
“That’s too bad” Yeah, that was one way to put it
“Indeed,” Clausen said, only the barest hint of annoyance creeping into her tone “Is there anything else you need?”
Soot his hands on enough weapons to launch a guerrilla attack on Elskov
Instead of voicing that thought, he said, “Just be sure to put the word out to ht deadline with the wedding this weekend”
“Consider it done”
He pocketed his cell phone and strode out of the bedroo the hallway and the obvious guards posted at frequent intervals as heroom
Three courses later, Lucas sat at the for to pinpoint any weaknesses in the Macintosh family dynamics that he could exploit in his search for the date and location of the arht The two had spent the entire dinner in silence Lucas sat at the old man’s left with Ruby next to hirid Macintosh, who looked enough like her daughter to h The flinches at unexpected noises The fine lines around her tired gray eyes The forced cheerfulness in her tone
“So tell rid said in her soft voice “How did you two meet?”
The question yanked hihts, and it took a second to realize what she was asking It was just long enough toroom scream
“At the corner coffee shop” Ruby took his hand in hers and brushed a kiss across his knuckles “You know the one, Moht up the street frons they always put out front”
Ingrid blinked a few tihter’s words seen about no wifi and having to talk to each other”