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If I tell Evan the unvarnished truth, he’ll insist we scoop up Reservoir, probably for a fraction of what it was once worth Evan is too srab it for a steal But the ive ain

Sighing, I shut down my borrowed laptop, lock it in the cabinet where Sloan told ht, and drift out of the suite, deep in thought

At the front of the building, an evening receptionist sits, looking significantly less polished than her dayti?”

I nod “Back in the ”

“Suite nues the uy “We’ll lock it up”

“Thanks”

“Have a good evening”

Fat chance with this decision I have to make, probably in the next fifteen minutes “You, too”

Outside, it’s balone fro out The suits walking to their destinations look as haggard as I do after a long fucking day Are they also having to choose between their best friend after co for his wife and the first woman to make theood for theht now, I am

This shouldn’t be hard at all I owe Evan But this decision is fucking brutal I’es with Sloan

Where does that leave me?

Inwhose name I’ll see on the display “Hey, buddy”

“Hey,” Evan barks “Two days, and no word What’s going on there?”

Of course he doesn’t waste any ti down to business

“I’ You?”