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“How else can you do what needs to be done? I don’t kno long it’s going to take to get the information we need or where she’ll be I trust you with this”

“What if I’m horrible with

“You’re not”

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he narrowed her gaze “How do you know that?”

“I see how you live, and Data”

“Hacking fucker”

He laughed out loud “Are you that upset?”

“No, I’e decisions you want me to make What if I screw up?”

“Impossible I know your taste We’ve talked about the kind of place you’d get if you ain I’m onboard with that Relax It’s not the rooms, s, and floors that really make a ho a lot, but you get me on this level most people never will”

His words thawed her icy disposition Da there?”

“Shitty I hate negotiating with this son of a bitch”

“I’m sorry, Xav Just remember the end will justify the means tenfold”

“How do you always knohat to say?” he asked

“Pure luck,” she suggested