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She talked a mile a minute and kept offering to introduce me to her daughters. Daughters that could include the little octopus.
They didn’t appear genetically related, but perhaps the father compensated for the cotton candy the mother had between her ears.
There was only one way to find out.
“Are you listening? Zach? Zachary?” Mom snapped her fingers in front of my face. “I’m taking you to Shanghai next month to find a match. I will not be?—”
Her voice sunk in the turbulent ocean of my thoughts.
I knew I’d promised myself not to seek her out, but that was before I found out she’d tried to steal from me.
Now, the peculiar encounter transformed into something else completely.
Little Octi needed to be taught a lesson.
And I was an excellent teacher.
1 Translation: Aunt.
Ari:
So? Got the pendant?
Farrow:
Nope.
He caught me.
Ari:
HE CAUGHT YOU?
Ari:
ZACHARY SUN CAUGHT YOU?
Ari:
HOW ARE YOU SO CALM?
Ari:
Do I need to get there and post bail?
I’ve always wanted to do that. It looks so cool in the movies.
Farrow:
He let me go.
Ari:
That’s… charitable of him?
Farrow:
This man wouldn’t perform a single act of charity if the future of the continent depended on it.
