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He hesitated Then he figured, okay, why not?

He told her how he’d gone fro to be a lawyer And then, to his a about his five-year detour into intelligence, how he’d been recruited by one of his law-school profs

“I said thanks, but no thanks I said I was toolaugh “I wanted to get a rise out of him but he just said, sure, that was one of the reasons he’d thought I’d be right for the job”

“And you were,” Sage said gently

“For a while At first, it was exciting And fulfilling But, after a while, I kneasn’t where I wanted to spend the rest of s …” His mouth twisted

“Hell, I did things …”

She leaned in Kissed him

“I bet you never did anything you didn’t think was right”

It was true He hadn’t

That hy he’d left The Agency

He’d been able tohis life, the lives of others, even once or twice i of lives, for the security of his country and his people

But things had begun to change The rationale for sonments struck him as murky, even specious

He’d balked Once Twice And he and The Agency had parted ways

Caleb told Sage about it

No details—he would always be bound to secrecy—but he wanted her to know everything about hiood