They had this elaborate theory that I was hired muscle for them. It didn’t really stand up to any reasoning, but they went at me pretty hard with th...at theory.After I didn’t crack, they tried a variation of that, accusing me of shooting the lady Marshal. When that didn’t pan out they regrouped and tried to find a way to charge me with the various dead Russians. That they had a better case for, since I had in fact killed those men, but considering the circumstances I was confident any half-decent. .."Missy hugged me tightly and put her hands on both of my cheeks. "I know you keep saying that, John. And I believe you, but I'm not so sure that Gail isn't right."Amy Sue chose that moment to skate over to us and say hello, cutting off any further conversation. Missy gave her a genuine smile and asked Amy Sue how her mother was doing."Betty Lou and I are giving her a break. We brought our brothers with us so Mom and Dad can relax tonight. She's going in for another round of treatment. What was he hiding?I watched him closely as he approached. He was making me nervous. I thought of the shield spell Dalton taught me and held it ready in my mind. The spell couldn’t stop everything, but then I only had to worry about mundane attacks. I hoped it wouldn’t come to that, but I remembered the way Fanelli didn’t want to shake my hand when I left his office. I had forgotten about taking Chloe by his office. It seemed Fanelli was determined to talk to whomever I had found. There was no. Though to be fair, you didn’t tell us what we were supposed to be looking for.”“That girl is far from a perfectly normal human being. That girl could have you screaming in indescribable agony with a flutter of her eyelashes. That girl could knock over the Eiffel Tower with a light blow from her lips. That girl could bring down every government on Earth with nothing but a wiggle of her finger.”The Professor looked at him with a look of confusion. He didn’t understand Mr Johnson’s fascination.
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