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“It would have come eventually,” Donna said, filled with self-importance She took the chair Kevin had vacated and looked over her shoulder at Gwen, “Get rid of these bags under my eyes, will you? I don’t shoot for a couple of hours, but I can’t stand looking this way”

Kevin felt like saying that she shouldn’t have gone club hopping the night before but held his tongue

Gwen shot Kevin a knowing look and said, “Sure thing, honey Anything for you”

“Are you working on this ot to ith her brushes and eyeliner

“Actually, no I’m here to speak with you, if you don’t mind”

She let out a bored sigh, and then said, “What the hell What do you want to talk to me about?”

Kevin glanced at Gwen She got the hint “Donna, honey, why don’t you let Kevin do your makeup so you can chat in private?”

“Fine”

Nixon mouthed the words Thank you to Gwen as she stepped away, handing hietting to work “I’d like to talk about Thom Severance and the Responsivist movement”

Donna Sky instantly tensed “Sorry, but that subject is closed”

“It’s important Lives may be at stake”

“I don’t want to talk about it, all right? You want to talk about my career or my social life, fine But I don’t discuss Responsivism with anyone anymore”

“Why?”

“I just don’t!”

Kevin tried to recall everything Linda had taught hiation over the past twenty-four hours “About a week ago, a ship chartered by the Responsivists sank in the Indian Ocean”