The Trespasser
“Ah, what do you know!” Will responds, the retort of someone without a reply. “Let me tell you what I know,” says Chuckie. “Every day I come by your house and I pick you up. You know what the best part of my day is? For about ten seconds, when I pull up to the curb and when I get up to your door, because I think maybe I’ll get there and I’ll knock
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“She’s been retired for years. Left the Agency soon after I did. Why do you care where she is now?” “We’re concerned about her well-being. Actually, we’re concerned about everyone who was involved with Operation Cyrano.” I can’t hide my reaction to hearing those two words. I feel the shock of it reverberate through my bones, as powerful as a concus
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As the minutes crept by and the book-hunt pressed on I thought I saw him grow increasingly discouraged, until at last he stepped back from one shelf with an expression of great suspicion on his face – as if the books had been guilty of conspiring against him. He turned slowly, slowly … listening, it seemed, for the scurrying footfalls of his prey’s
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told me to come here, and now he not answering the phone? “I’m callin’ his ass again, and he better pick up.” She makes a face. “Are you sure?” “Yeah, one more time, then I’m done.” LaShunda would be going ham about how Black ain’t