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Great.A stroll in the parkwas the worst of all our meeting points. I hated that place. And the suggestion to use Sleeper Street over Summer simply meant that he knew I was being followed, and he’d set up a trap on Congress to get rid of my stalkers. This also meant that this whole investigation had moved up a few pay grades—the FBI was officially involved.
I rose to my feet and looked at my garden, my mind spinning. If the FBI was involved, this investigation would come to an end soon. And with the way things stood right now, that would be the best thing for everybody. Lock Eagle behind bars and put all of this behind me. Let Mila find a man who can actually give her something. And I’d go back to the old days of long night shifts, gangs, guns, and the meaningless hook-ups.
“Perfect,” I lied to myself, the word tasting like bile on my tongue. I picked up a small wooden box and started picking strawberries. With each one I placed in the box, I told myself what great news this was.
Fantastic news. Wonderful. Thrilling. Exciting.
If I just kept telling myself that over and over again, I’d be able to convince myself, right?
Fantastic. Wonderful. Thrilling. Exciting.
And you can still have some fun before it’s all over. You’d only be doing your duty as a boy toy.
Fantastic. Wonderful. Thrilling. Exciting.
And get a promotion and funding for the station.
Fantastic. Wonderful. Thrilling. Exciting.
That a boy. Just keep at it. It’s working.
Fantastic. Wonderful. Thrilling. Exciting.
“Damn it!”
