Twice Upon A Star

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nst my temple as the gruff

n't have the password. I'm here

doing here? Who told you about us?"

e, but I do know that this is a sur

an while I berated myself for not

going to leave and you'll have to take my word for it that I won

stupid if you think

must really love garlic becau

wheezing right now was because this was the only stimulating thing

ed to get back to the store and come up with

econds to get your ha

u will regret the day you decided to try to shut down a rising voice. We

you think I'm a cop to b

nce, getting ready to flip the bastard to the groun

I heard another man's voice, thi

uite alrig

s my throat, staring at the new guy. He was tall with slicked back hai

with humor as he held out a hand. "Congratu

I'd had a feeling it was

Morgan Soliz. I run this estab

around the 'establishment'. H

uch, but you haven't been inside y

He was right. On the outside, the house looked like a dilapidated bu

multiple doorways and alcoves branching off to other sections. Through one of t

door opened and a crowd of people streamed out, all we

frame holding what seemed to be passport-sized pho

uched my elbow and guided me into a room w

t, you need me to assassinate this person." I tapped the photo in the folder in front of me, "because

ether "I object to being ca

rent increase I was going to have to pay for myself since I kicke

. I'll

"You aren't going to tak

unch of clowns with too much time and money on their hands parroting a 'just'

n his face and hi

in mind that we are already paying

nt this done smoothly or not? Because I c

quite greedy

unt, nor did I want to be. "Hey, it's n

silence for a while,

for your expenses and information on a charity gala

d up and walked out of the

d I might not get another opportunity soon. From the information I'd gotten in

u touch the

I checked the time. It was almost noon. If

lace for my hasty plan and as I joined the crowd of onlookers and paparazzi outside t

ion as I got my first look at mytarget and his best friend as they stepped out, hopi

they spotted them, and I scoffe

se

e other side of the street, whipped my gaze there and back with an

security surrounding him would be too stunned to act, so no hands

es with him, his startled blue eyes looking into my terror filled ones. For a moment,

last look at him, ran off into