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Anton: Okay, I shall speak with you when I have news on the adoption.
Star: Thank you, Anton. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.
Anton: If anyone understands the pull of family, Star, it is I. Now, try not to get into any trouble until we speak again, da?
Star: Da.
TYCOON’S MEGA YACHT SEIZED IN NICE
France’s DGSI, under the guidance of Interpol’s Special Trafficking Unit, seizes the mega yacht of George Bailey-Smith, British tech tycoon, in Nice as ‘crime scene’ in the ongoing investigation into the ‘Sparrows’ organization.
Several women described as 'sex slaves' are currently being treated. Many are in critical condition.
PART 3
Watch carefully,
the magic that occurs,
when you give a person,
just enough comfort,
to be themselves.
- atticus
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STAR
“What did you want to meet here for?” I grouched. "We could have done this in a coffee shop."
Chadwick peered at me from the bench he was sitting on. “You stop playing or something?”
Grimacing as I stared at the unusually blue sky, I muttered, “No. But chessboards are mobile. Anyway, you’re just pissed I beat you during our last game.”
Didn’t matter that was around seven years ago… Soldiers bore the worst grudges.
He hitched a shoulder. “Let’s see if you got better or worse.”
Heaving a sigh, I sat opposite him and realized I was white. “You trying to psych me out? You always play white.”
He beamed a loaded grin at me. “I changed since we last met, Star.”
“Apparently. Since when did you work for the mafia?”
“Since Aurora Valentini took me in off the streets.”
“Off the streets?” I blinked at him. “Does Cin know?”
He pursed his lips. “No. I don’t want her to know either. I don’t take charity.”
“So you’ll take charity from the Sicilian mafia but not from a friend?”
He narrowed his eyes at me. “Is this how you want this meeting to go?”
“No.” I gritted my teeth. “What’s going on, Chadwick?”
