Anna and Jonathan: The Arranged Marriage
he said, and I heard, underneath the words, real gratitude rather than the practiced warmth he'd once used to smooth over every difficult moment between them.
They spoke a few minutes longer, working through the practical details, security measures Marcus would need to put in place, a list of numbers he should screen going forward, and by the time Anna finally ended the call, her hand had steadied slightly in mine, though the exhaustion in her face told me the night's damage hadn't fully finished landing yet.
"She already had a foothold," Anna said quietly, staring out the windshield at the dark parking lot. "Two weeks, Jonathan. She's been working this for two weeks and we didn't even know
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