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Chu was silent as this sunk in Finally he asked, “You okay?”

“I’ht out fruit, cut up the way he used to do it when I was a kid, and I started blubbering”

“Do you feel like you’re not in control?”

“Exactly! I had everything in ured out, and then he shows up out of the blue He used to do this to et myself into a routine, then he’d coas, and I would be an emotional mess for weeks”

“He is quite a presence, I noticed that yesterday,” Chu said while shaking his head “Do you need ned? We certainly have reasons to request it”

“No,” Pro said and slapped her desk “Dammit, I will not let him make e about ht help”

He nodded “Okay But if you feel you can’t handle it, you let me know And you are due some days off—”

“Vacations are for wimps,” Pro said with a wave of her hand

“Now that sounds like my partner,” Chu chuckled and turned his attention to the paper in her hand “So, anything popping for you?”

“Yes, there are repeated eet the information from the cyber unit about who this person is?”

“I already did It hitback to us with a user soon”

“Well, from the return email address, it is in the United States, but it could be anywhere in the country”

“Or down the street Did you finish the paperwork on the bodega shooting?”

“No, sorry, I wasn’t quite done”

“Well, if you finish writing it up, I’ll do the folloith Cyber”