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I raised ht of one place, at least, where Tamara’s personal details were likely to be stored insecurely

I was up and out of ood idea It wasn’t going to stand up well to that sort of challenge

Charging too fast through the lounge, I puthard body contact with ered back even faster when she sawtowards her

“Sorry,” I said “I’ out”

“Not staying for dinner?” She sounded so fucking hopeful

I wasn’t going to be able to h”

“Steven” She stoppedyourself in any trouble again?”

She had to slip that again in “I’o and do”

“Because if you getwe can—”

“I said I’ll be late!” I shouted, and sla push it

I drove carefully back to school If you were going to do so you wanted was to start out looking like you were possibly running away fro suss

By the time I arrived, it was almost six, and the air aroundspace down a side street There were still a couple of guys kicking a ball around one of the ovals, and I could hear the odd sound in Ms Miller’s building that toldPoor bastards

Ms Miller wasn’t working late, of course That fucking bitch probably couldn’t wait to get out of the building once herabout people who really didn’t give a fuck It didn’t h theweak at that as she was at basic security

I got her office with its wobbly door handle open in seconds, and then it only tookcabinet Tamara’s folder was near the front of the top drawer I’d alondered if she had so for people she considered to be ‘active’ cases—all I’d known before then was that my folder never seemed to be hard for her to locate I e in the folder, and then put it back where I’d found it and shut the cabinet There would be all sorts of insight to be gotten out of those pages, but I wasn’t the sort of person who took advantage of infor et an opportunity to defend the to know before too long that I’d gotten hold of her location

Chapter Twenty-Two: Tamara