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Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
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Sarah Leigh Fogleman
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Kat didn't know what to say. It's good to see you too? Thanks for getting me kicked out? Is it possible you've gotten even hotter? I think I might have missed you?
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You're late. Kat said as soon as Hale put the phone to his ear. She wasn't the kind of girl to wait for hello. What can I say? Macey McHenry has been throwing herself at me... See, that's the kind of thing that would make me jealous if she weren't way out of your league. You know, if I had feelings, that might have hurt them.
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Is Joe your father, Zach?' I don't know where the question came from, but it was out, and I couldn't take it back even if I'd wanted to. 'No.' Zach shook his head. 'I never knew my dad. I don't know anything about him.
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You don't have to do this, Kat. I've been hearing that a lot lately. He's right. I didn't say who had said it, she countered. You didn't have to. He looked out at the water. You two are good together. We're not together, Kat said automatically. Sure you are. You just don't know it yet.
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Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie.
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What are you looking at? Hale asked. Why are you smiling? I worry when you smile.
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Okay, first thing tomorrow we hit the streets around Taccone's place. Somebody saw something.' 'I got it covered.' 'The DiMarcos might be in town.' 'Actually, they're in jail.' 'All seven of them?' Hale shrugged. 'It was an interesting October.
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That's for me to know, and for you to find out.
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It felt as if maybe the curse had lifted, the tide had shifted, but then the breeze picked up and a skeet took a very unfortunate turn. Seconds later, Angus was pulling his shot far to the right, shooting a large hole in the second-story galley not ten feet above Marcus's head.
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They were both totally laughing, and he was twirling her, and her hair was flying around like she was in a shampoo commercial. Seriously. She could have sold conditioner to a bald man the way she looked out there.
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