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One hand braces on her hip, the other stabs the air in front of me "Chair or no chair, your ass better be in court tomorrow or I’ll ht you’re ht now"

She throws up her hands and el," I call to her back

A minute later, Harrison steps sedately into the rooel?" he wonders

"Sure" I raise ues down on Egypt"

"Ah, I see" He nods "But sos and locusts were easier to handle"

And I don’t disagree

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The nextsidelined yesterday I get lost incoh the s, the sound of Mrs Higgens’s footsteps, the s thuame in its box

What the hell?

Before I reach ain, this time accompanied by a muffled yell--shocked, pained, and distinctly male

What the fuck?

I jump up and run into the hallway, and realize the sound came from behind Sofia’s office door Jake and Stanton come out of their offices at the sa mine When another thump sounds, Stanton’s mouth presses into a hard line and his eyes look like two nukes about to detonate He takes the lead as we burst through Sofia’s office door

Sofia’s always had the Brazilian bo an extra curve--the seven-month baby bu a guy facedown across her desk, his ar Andkind of awesouy ht?" Stanton asks her

"Dandy" She actually srabs the guy and pins hiuy’s throat

"What the fuck did you do?" Stanton growls

The guy’s eyes bulge "Me? She aloddamn arm!"

Stanton pulls hiainst it "What’d you do thatto have to do jail ti her sweaty neck "That there wasn’t a deal I could make that wouldn’t include two to four years,at ers clench around the guy’s windpipe "My pregnant wife!"