“Oh, there’s a third, which is that you could go back to your apartment and pretend that nothing is wrong until that next mortgage payment comes out of your bank account. Even by the glow of the suit lamps I could not see far. Mona looked awed almost to fear when I showed up with the dog, but she smiled and uncovered the dinner I’d left waiting. It could easily be done.
“What is it?”Jackie didn’t answer. “Take care. Oh, they were all monsters, narcissistic, tantrum-prone geniuses, but once you got past that, you found yourself talking to people who were, at bottom, damned smart, with a whole lot going on. Eager for loot, the soldiers had not given him a close look after he fell.
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