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STUBBORN

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“And the storage where it was kept? There must have been some footage.”

“Unfortunately, no. The storage had a black out for a few minutes, and after the lights came back on, the item was no where to be found.”

It was carefully planned then, Kelly was right, he had longer to plan this than we ever did, if we had the slightest chance of winning, it was over the moment we made the arrest yesterday.

“Word on the street is, the prime minister isn’t the only one looking for this item.” Joseph says, dragging our attention to him. The side of his mouth is dusted with chocolate from his doughnut, I keep my eyes on his to avoid the wiping it.

This is his turf, getting ‘word on the street’. And they were always correct, they just came with doughnuts on the side, lots and lots of them.

“We know that because we have one person vying for it, Jesse.”

The sound of his name makes my stomach constrict, a weird, nameless sensation I have never felt before.

“Yes, but he isn’t our only opponent.”

J
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