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“Come and have a seat.”
I followed her across the living room to her brown suede couch. We sat at opposite ends. She put her hands in her lap.
“Well?”
“Seeing you with Max upset me, “I admitted.
“Okay, that’s a good start.”
“Don’t patronize me, please.”
“I’m not. Geez. Give a girl a break, would you?”
“I got jealous, okay? Are you interested in him?”
“No, not at all. He asked me to do a story on his security company.”
“You mean our security company.”
She tilted her head to the side.
“What do you mean?”
“I’m investing in the company with him.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“Why not?”
“Something isn’t right. I talked to the real estate agent, and no one is supposed to be in that office. It’s been rented already.”
“What, when? And what make you think to do that?”
“Does it matter? I’m a journalist. I can multitask. Well, I was a journalist.”
“A damn good one.”
She smiled.
“Flattery will get you everywhere.”
“Good to know.”
I moved closer toward her.
“It seems like he’s trying to start up the smuggling operation again He could be starting the security firm as a front operation.”
“That mother fucker lied again,” I said, getting more upset.
“Calm down. We should go talk to the FBI. I’ll tell them everything I know.”
“No, I don’t want you involved in this any more than you are already.”
“That’s bullshit,” she said defiantly.
I loved the way she stood up for herself.
“Yeah?”
