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"But it’s not necessary"

"Oh, one of your guards is gonna shoot hiet back to theCSI hed, but Jenny never cracked a sreen eyes "There’s no--there’s no need to bail anyone out, Mr Grange"

"Teal Mr Grange is my brother"

"Yes, of course Your brother Yes Ah… the Baranov fa, and of course Dr Rivers will be free to go as soon as we finish so at all, you have ht, aot a crush, so ulation, hut she gets laid

"Hey," Shel said Then, louder: "Hey! That’s really nice of you, Jenny"

"You’re welco at Shel "Ho do you know Dr Rivers?"

"Are we still in the room?" Shel muttered to her

Alex shook her head

Teal’s scowl disappeared into a grin "Oh, I went to high school with the dumbass here, me and my brother"

"Spent one year with him, then I couldn’t shake any of them for the rest of my life," Shel volunteered

"Hey, aht to bail your sorry ass out? Yeah Are you the rateful dumbass on the planet?"

"Yes," Jenny said, dazzled Then, "Any of them? You couldn’t shake any of them?"

"I’m over here," Shel called helpfully "In the cell"

"Shut up, Dr Du to ot a bunch of sibs Tell her She looks like she could use a good laugh"

"Crane, Robin, Crow, and Raven"

"No way," Alex said, blinking

"Bunch of bird-brained morons, each one of theerated patience, "were ornithologists"

"How interesting! That’s so interesting I’family"

Teal smiled at her and Alex could see the attraction; she could actually feel the man’s smile in her knees Blondes weren’t really her type, but… poor Jenny!

"Anybody ever tell you that you look like Shania Twain?"

"Uh-huh," she replied

"Date later!" Shel shouted, startling everybody "Bail first!"

"I think I can take care of that," Alex said, which was just as well, because Jenny wasn’t listening any , anyway?"

"I worked on the polar bear exhibit after you took off I thought you’d like to see it"

"Oh, your bear ca a headache fro to look at her out of the corner of his eye Even while walking down a muddy sidewalk in beat-up sneakers (were princesses allowed sneakers?), she was breathtaking He couldn’t believe she was out with him, here, now Hell, he couldn’t believe she’d corease the skids so he didn’t have to spend the night in a cell!

Then, cool as a cuke, she tells Jenny and the guards (nice enough felloith hands like iron), "That will be all for tonight," and like that, he alking her out and they were cli into her car No press--it was late, and Jenny had probably gotten rid of them

The car pulled up to the back entrance of the NDISL, and they both got out "That will be all for tonight, Kara," she told her driver "I’ll hness," Kara replied, touching her cap with a forefinger, and pulled smoothly away fro the red taillights grow smaller in the distance "What if someone tries to kidnap you or whatever?"

"Soestured to the deathly quiet streets of Minot

"Well, you know Someone There could be an elaborate plot to snatch you I ed "You’ll have to protect uess"

"I could be in on it I could be theThe woive a rat’s butt for her own safety, or possessed the acting ability to make it appear that way

"Aren’t you worried about your own safety? Ibucks"

"No"

"No, you’re not worth big bucks?" he teased, because even in the near-dark, he could see she was stiffening up

"No, I don’t care Shall we go? You said your bear was here?"