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She came with a furtive tapping on my chamber door... you don't expect people to knock at an office door, but she did. And when the door opened, and she asked if I was the name painted on the door, I knew I'd have lied and said yes even if I wasn't. |
She said she'd gottten involved in an affair with a business partner, now the
affair as well as the partnership was over, and there was some
property in contention. |
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She was meeting him to discuss it, in public, but she wanted
my presence for insurance.
I figured she probably didn't need a bodyguard, but I'd take her money
and tag along for the ride. |
That's when I should have gotten suspicious.
When she offered a little too much money.
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