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“She’s beautiful, and Rex is a sucker for her.”

“I’d like to see that.”

“The compound hasn’t moved,” she retorted. “You could stop by for a damn visit. I couldn’t believe it when Maverick told Rex that you’d had Kat picked up and brought into the city.”

More hurt.

I squeezed Star’s hand again and translated, “Star, you hurt her feelings.”

“Damn straight she did,” Rachel groused. “Whoever that is, give him a medal. He deserves it.”

“I prefer pies,” I retorted with a quick grin.

Rachel sniffed.

“I’m only here on a pit stop. Plus, I… I genuinely didn’t think you guys would care.”

“Well, we do.”

Star’s expression was blank—she had no idea what to do with that information—so, Star being Star, she cut shit down to the basics. “If we’re family, then you won’t have a problem with why I’m calling—I need your help.”

“Flies and honey,” I muttered with a sigh.

Both women ignored me.

Rachel argued, “I need a massage, a pair of tits that don’t leak, and a night off. Some things just aren’t possible right now.”

“This is important.”

“If you think I’m going to let you blackmail some other—”

“I’m not!” Star barked, speaking over Rachel and darting me a guilty look.

"Do I even want to know?" I mumbled to myself.

Star cleared her throat and forged ahead, “I want to ask you about David Foundry.”

I'd take that as a no.

“The attorney general? What about him?”

“I’m right, then. Last year, you were in touch with him?”

“Of course. I come into contact with him fairly often. Too frequently in all honesty. The man’s a grade-A creep.”

“Fits the profile,” I muttered.

Star nodded. “We’ve come to learn that he’s a Sparrow.”

Rachel’s lack of reaction was telling. Then, in the background, I heard the sound of a pen being tapped against a hard surface.

“Does that come as a surprise to you or not?” was Star’s brusque retort, and when she received radio silence for her pains, she urged, “It’s important, Rachel.”

“I’m not an idiot, Lodestar. I managed to figure that out on my own. How do you know he is?”

“We believe he was associated with Justin DeLaCroix. Along with Sheridan Reinier and Garry Smythe. Each is a top-ranking official—”

“Garry Smythe?” she bit off.

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