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“How long did you know?” I ask him “And did you have to decide?”

Ethan is alain, but I see hih

“I knew you were so to steal the device from the moment you were in my

office,” he tells me “I didn’t knoas Simon till you told me I knew it could potentially have been Simon, but I didn’t want to rule outfor Arsen Hawke or someone else”

I’m silent as he continues “When you didn’t take the device and you actually brought it back, I began to think that you weren’t actually trying to steal on your own, but so you to do it,” he says and I nod “Which is basically what you confiro”

“And then?” I ask

“I knew that eventually if you were being forced to do this, therechoose between yourself and us,” he tells er, I can see full of love He shrugs as he continues “I didn’t want you to have to make that choice So I made it for you I prepared the Trojan Horse script that would stay hidden and only run upon command if needed As it turns out, it saved us from each other”

My head is spinning, babe

I need to sit down

To think of what’s going on

How Ethan has just saved me fro about Simon He doesn’t seeto retaliate

All of a sudden the anger is replaced by fear

Aain?

“Once you mentioned Simon, I knew exactly how he’d try to coerce you,” Ethan tells me as he picks up his tablet and turns on the video call option He looks at ht be interested to know that Cheryl is in California right now”

My heart leaps up into nizes the look