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She snatched her hands away, slid to the side and out of the kitchen, away from him But not before he’s spotted aze Seemed he wasn’t the only one to feel the burn when they touched

Standing, he rooted around in the pantry and came out with two meal replacement bars Strawberry sundae flavored He shuddered He’d rather have a real sundae No s had added to them, they still tasted like flavored cardboard What happened to normal food? The kind that didn’t come pre-wrapped He handed a bar to his pretty little client, who perched against the ar room

“Thanks” She took the bar, unwrapped it, and bit into it without once looking him in the eye

Everything about her was fascinating, even the way she ate He was losing his mind around her and needed to focus “We need to talk about what happened The Enforceency knehere ere I have to ask, are you sure you’re cut off from your implants?”

“Yes I’m sure I took Interferan-X”

“Would that affect a tracker that’s been placed under your skin? One that wasn’t an official implant?”

Her head snapped up She frowned Thinking again “You’re suggesting I’ve been tagged without e?”

“It happens” It was a lot ht

“Even if I had been tagged, it wouldn’t work Interferan-X works a little like a gel It finds the implants, or in this case any tech parts underthem off from the outside world and from my neural network The tech still works, but it’s been isolated It no longer records, it can’t be accessed remotely, and it doesn’t communicate with me”

“There’s no way any tracking device in your body would work”

“No”

“What about your clothes? Could they be bugged?”

She glanced down at her regulation jumpsuit, one he’d seen on thousands of busy little worker bees going to and from the companies

“I changed clothes as soon as I kneas co on ht this and changed in the store I picked a small store on the outskirts of Houston and left all my old clothes there”

“Okay, it isn’t you Did you tell anyone where you were going? Who you planned to meet?”