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g striped shadows across the hardwood floor. I pulled od with military-grade ointment by Kiel hours ago; it
a lit cigarette between his fingers. As I stepped out, he snuffed it out, hi
icro-recorder into the side of my boot, offering a thin,
borrowed matte-black Dyna in front of the Frontli
ressed in a pristine racing suit, holding a tablet and
ified vest with the Velazquez family patch sti
shop door open, and let my heavy boots
face morphing from surprise to smug satisf
lemen, this is my former assistant. She has a temper
ight past him to the presentation screen disp
the quiet room. "Colin, did you bleed me dry for so lon
s. "Ashley! We have major investors here. Stop embarrassing yourse
gile face. "Ashley, please don't be mad. Colin only pu
she shrank back. "You don't even know the
ty. "Gentlemen, the Whisper system you're looking at is nothing more tha
, his hands reaching for my collar. "S
ought my open hand across his face with everything I ha
he stamped document from my pocke
thorizations to Frontline are terminated. If you run a single line o
frowned deeply, and tossed his folder onto the table. "Colin, you told us th
bled to salvage the deal, but the three men tur
nity. He spun around, veins bulging in his eyes like a cornered
ker bar from the cart and swu
knife, a deafening gunshot shatt
nse kinetic force, ripping the metal from Colin's grip
his bloody hand as every
frame, a smoking Desert Eagle re
rolled through the shop, quiet and
face draining of all color as he stumbled backward inroken glass, and walked out to my bike
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