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I looked at the agent I hated it when he cohn had used Only to thehn He was Jake or Scott Edward one ti of all his identities The stories he ined each one played into the interest of the woman he seduced He learned about what they liked He studied their families He took them to bed

“Anything else?” I looked at my phone It was time for me to walk to the shuttle

“I’ll follow up tomorrow” He turned off the recorder

“I’,” I inforet a break for the holiday, or do you want to have pumpkin pie with my mother?”

He chuckled “You are quite the smartass, Miss Charles”

My stoo He always called me “smartass”

“Good night” I walked toward the shuttle “I’ll see you after Thanksgiving”

“Good night, Miss Charles Enjoy your holiday”

The leaves rustled at my feet as I crunched over them The wheels of the shuttle squeaked to a halt and I climbed aboard

I hadn’t forgotten I had the apartht Greer and Preston were on a date She described it as a chance for theain He had decided that Greer wasn’t as toxic to his career as he thought No one in the Senate see

I was in no position to give her relationship advice So I kept my mouth shut and told her I’d be fine on rade Exams that were et through theht it was better that I was left alone

I held the bar overhead on the Metro I cons anymore, or strain to listen for the crackled announcements My body had learned how to count the s carriedI was a part of the cro One of the many DC’ers I blended in in my Keds

I didn’t think it would happen, but over tirief Tonight, I lass of hile I pulled up the submitted exams online

I sat at the kitchen counter prepared to station rading But I had added two bonus questions that gave students the chance to present their own take on legal philosophy There was no true right or wrong The questions were coive the that would allow theitate answers they had studied froory had argued I was being too tough on the students

The pot started to boil and I rushed to turn the heat down on the burner The water and olive oil splashed over the sides