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She snorted again, louder “Yeah You bet”

The doors slid open into a gold and ivory foyer with a s fountain in the shape of a mermaid

“Jesus,” Eve whispered, scanning the pals “I didn’t think anybody but you really lived like this”

“Welcome to Ro Please co room”

“She didn’t mention you’d be here, Mr Slade”

“We ether”

Biding her ti roolass, Eve assuh Despite the relatively short height, it afforded an eye-popping view of the city

Mirina sat daintily on a curved chair, sipping tea frohtly

She seeile in her trendy robe of ice blue Her feet were bare, the nails painted to match her robe She’d dressed her hair up in a severe knot, secured with a jeweled cooddesses, but her y was too sketchy to choose which one

Mirina didn’t rise, nor did she smile, but set her cup aside to pick up a slim white pot and pour two more

“I hope you’ll join me for tea”

“I didn’t coelini”

“No, but you’ve corateful”

“Here, let race that almost masked the way the cups rattled in Mirina’s hands, Slade took them from her “Please sit down,” he invited “We won’t keep you any longer than necessary, but you ht as well be comfortable”

“I don’t have any jurisdiction here,” Eve began as she took a cushioned chair with a low back, “but I’d like to record this , with your permission”