“Mac, why don’t you just take a quick nap?” I hear for the...twenty eighth time? Yes, twenty eighth. I feel a smile grow and hear a frustrated sigh from behind me. “Mac! Are you listening?!”
“Stella, I can hear you fine.” I respond warmly. “And for the twenty eighth time, I just need to finish this.”
“That’s what you told me twenty minutes ago. If I didn’t know any better I’d say you were avoiding me.” She says with a radiant smile. I turn to her and she raises an eyebrow. “Well, detective? Are you going to come peacefully, or must I take you by force?”
“It wouldn’t...
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