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“Yeah,” I agreed “I think a week or so away froh So she will coized and ready to work”

“True,” Quin agreed “Have you given thought to her family?”

“Nia’s?” I asked

“Shawn’s,” Quin clarified “She has an aunt and uncle and cousin fro about her parents or any siblings But they are going to realize she is gone”

“And they could be used to bait her to co,” I added

“Exactly,” he agreed

“Could we protect them?”

“I can ask Smith to put some time into that since he doesn’t have any cases But private security isn’t usually our thing That’s ays had…”

Ranger

That e’d had Ranger

The recluse who lived illegally deep in the goddamn Pine Barrens We’d sent clients there when they were in serious trouble, and needed to be hidden ahile the team handled their problems

He’d ally, since then

But the cottage still existed

“We can’t shuffle the Saeed fa whatever look must have been on my face

“No, of course not”

“I guess we could hire out the work The Rivers do private personal security We could get the the Saeed faine it is since I doubt they know she’d shot the man”

Their dynamic seemed affectionate, but not super close

Another piece of the mysterious Shawn Saeed puzzle

I was going to figure out where all the pieces went someday, see the whole picture

But I had to keep my mind on the task at hand now

“There’s no way they know she did it And I don’t think she would want them to know”

“Okay So security froh, you don’t have anyone we need to protect Aside from us, but we barely count since you don’t officially work here No one is tracing you here”

Which was good

I ht not have had any family left, but I’d come to think of my coworkers as relatives in a way They were the closest thing I had to it It would killhad happened to one of my teammates or their kids because of some mess I found myself in