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“That’s not fair, Blake”

“It’s not, but I’oes ap

eshit again”

“You’ve got backup with Jeffries”

“If ant to kill Bobby, sure I want help keeping hi him calm Otto doesn’t kno to do that”

“And your fiancé does?”

“Micah does, yes”

“If it was al to find a reason to get their lover into town”

“I actually don’t want any of my lovers near this case”

In ht, I don’t want them near Olaf without Edward here I sure as hell didn’t want Micah near hiht, within, like, a couple of inches or less He was in good shape and trained to fight, but so was Olaf If skills are equal, the bigger person in a fight unless the shter ould leave room for luck I realized I really didn’t want Micah here with Olaf

“That case in Washington State where I met you for the first time makes this one look safe, Blake You invited some of your people in for that one—maybe not Micah Callahan, but still people you cared about So whatme?”

I couldn’t tell hi what to say I could have lied I was even pretty good at it now, but I wasn’t good at complicated lies, and even the truth about Olaf was complicated

I finally settled for a half-truth “I kno to kill the s can go wrong”

He shook his head “No, Blake, killing them is harder If I can help save Bobby, then maybe it ash away some of the blood on my hands”

“Newman, you knehat this job was before you took it”