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I pressed my back against the counter in the dark and I did not move and I looked at Mae's silhouette three feet away, and she was standing the way a person stands when they have done this before , weight low, perfectly still, not a single wasted muscle.
The street light through the fogged glass throws the silhouette in orange.It still has not moved.
I typed back with one thumb, slowly, so the screen light stays low
“Who is it”
It was not a question. I did not have the patience for a question mark right now.
His reply took four seconds which was a long time when someone is standing on the other side of a locked door.
“One of Victor's. Don't let Mae open it. I am twelve minutes away.”
Victor.
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