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"Take down one problem and two more appear, huh?"

"Marco, did you actually read soy? You continuously surprisethe olf his first real sed with an answering grin

"Marco," Ashe was serious again, "why did Sali abstain last night? Is this the way it’ll be from now on? He’ll refuse to support me in any way?"

"I don’t knohy he did that, unless he orried about what Dadthe execution, too"

"Yeah, I guess that could be a problem For those folks who still have a dad"

"Ashe, you still have people who care about you"

"I know It’s just not the saood Talked to her thisafter I hauled ht"

"I’d have settled for quiet"

"Yep Look, Ashe, executions, they’re never fun They’re necessary, though If it hadn’t been for stupid Chump and Wor for Winkler, just like those others ere killed last night"

"Zeke Tanner has a lot to answer for"

"Yeah"

"Buck, I don’t know" Adele blinked at Buck, then dropped her eyes to the se diaht "It’s just so sudden I don’t knohat to say" Adele turned away

"Adele, you kno I feel about you Worried about you last night, too" Buck didn’t say what else worried hihtened hiht reht fell and the vah the coive ht be ready then"

"I’ll save this, then" Buck closed the se your mind and want it sooner," he didn’t finish

"I’ll let you know"

I paid your speeding ticket Here’s the receipt, the e the attach that the ticket had been paid by credit card Sighing, Sali toggled back to the e except the terse notice that the ticket had been taken care of Sali went to the next email in his inbox It was fro between us I don’t want to date any his , he rose and paced like a restless wolf through his bedroo a reply

Thanks for breaking up with e That’s so classy, Dorilou What did your Ocelot do last night? Play with a ball of string? Sali went to the first insult he could think of, knowing it would e his ain His first reaction after sending the email was to text Ashe and discuss the breakup Sali res with Ashe Told too many of Ashe’s secrets to those who probably didn’t need to know theer by doing so And then he’d abstained on the vote to allow Ashe to take Jeremy’s execution He hadn’t supported his friend

"Dah thick, black hair He’d not only ed to lose his best friend, he’d alienated hier had a best friend or a girlfriend Things had certainly taken a turn for the increasingly bad and appeared to be speeding downhill at an accelerated rate Kicking his desk chair angrily, Sali snatched up his car keys, rushed out of his bedroom and headed for the front door

"Any probleht asked as he drove Lewis Sharpe to the Corpus Christi Airport

"You’ve got a real problem with coyotes on the island," Lewischased by those suckers"

"I’ll let Winkler know--rinned

"That would be outstanding," Lewis muttered "If there are any s hurt," he added "Just drop s fro you’re having, though"

"Maybe you can ether I’d appreciate your vote on the matter" Bear pulled a card from his shirt pocket and passed it to Lewis "We need to band together A lot of us can’t ainst the vaain"

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