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Meg had left for the day and I walked outside

Agent Kenneth waited for hable

“Good evening, Elliot”

“Hi”

We walked in silence to our usual bench I sat next to hiap between us

He flicked the power button on the recorder he used to capture our conversations I considered theations, but heparticipant in the investigation It didn’t feel that way It was either this or federal charges My license to practice laas in jeopardy My residency Everything I had worked toward hinged on these s

“Let’s get back to where we left off yesterday”

“Ok” I waited for hiive more of a prompt I didn’t volunteer information

“You mentioned that West took a trip to Germany”

“Yes At least that’s what he told me Who knohere he really went”

“Assuo to Germany What can you tell me about the trip?”

And this hen the haze settled in over my eyes I didn’t knoas real and as fabricated The ent, the hn The more I doubted the stories The dates The closeness we shared I couldn’t tell anymore if any of it was real

“He didn’t say much about it” I tried to think I heard about Gerave in to every impulse

“Co You kno this works I’ether You are responsible for the pieces”

I glared at the agent “He was gone a week He said he didn’t have time to make phone calls”