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"Why would I need to bring a gun into that building?"
"It ht "Cornelius, if we’re going to work together, we have to agree on full disclosure You want un into the Asse killed your wife and you want me to shoot hi to see you, one of his security people suggested that Narian affair with one or both of the other tyers When I told him it was unlikely, his exact words were, ‘We don’t always know the people we ation will uncover? I’ve seen it all, es Terrible what sonore her death They’re now actively distancing the noise, they’re threatening to smear her name"
"That’s awful of theuilty It only indicates that Forsberg Investigative Services e to cover their asses"
Cornelius looked away
"You caet the truth for you When I point out the guilty person to you, it won’t be because of a hunch or a feeling It will be because I’ll present you with the evidence of their guilt, because accusing sohtly You want to be sure, right?"
"Right"
"Good We need evidence We’ll search for this evidence together and we’ll do it as safely and carefully as possible, so you can co to ht You can’t even get into the Allen Parkway parking lot without showing ID and having a reason to be there If ere to follow your plan, and so, the security wouldn’t detain me They would shoot me and whoever I ith"
His face toldattacks?" he asked
"On a crowded Assembly floor? In plain view of his peers, while we’re unarriun idea for now If he attacks, I’ll doas I could get my hands on my attacker before he or she killed me, they would be in for one unpleasant surprise The es Military service wasn’t exactly a stress-free environured out that they needed a ic users That’s how the shockers ca them installed involved a specialist who reached into the arcane realm, the place beyond our fabric of existence, pulled out a creature nobody fully understood, and implanted it into your ar Adah sorabbed your victim, that pain would hit theony The shockers were supposedly nonlethal, but I had too h I had used them on a Prime only once, barely, he’d definitely felt it
"I’ll defer to your judgment" Cornelius opened the door of his vehicle "Please"
"Let’s take lanced at the Mazda His face turned carefully neutral My aging chaht ier door "Please"
Cornelius opened the trunk of his car and lifted out a large plastic sack si food, except this one was plain white and unmarked He heaved it onto his shoulder and carried it over to the Mazda I opened the trunk and let hiot intolot and turned right, heading to Blalock Road Anything to avoid the hell that was the 290 Cornelius’ face was a grim mask He didn’t trust me yet Trust took time
"May I ask, why your car?"
"Because I’m familiar with the way it handles and we may have to drive very fast In addition, this type of car blends into traffic, while your vehicle stands out" Also because ine and installed bulletproof s after my Adam Pierce adventure, but he didn’t need to know that "What’s in that bag?"