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2025-01-07 05:02:07Carson's Point Of View.
The door closed behind Morris. He silently watched me.
"What's wrong with you?" He finally broke the silence.
"Nothing's wrong with me. I should be asking you that question."
"What do you mean by that?" He asked, stepping further into the room until he was grasping the chair that was opposite my table.
"You seemed a little bit too cozy with the home keeper and all." I just wanted us to talk like we usually did. Our case was finally heading somewhere after years of burning midnight oil. It was something to celebrate. And, today, thirty was staring me right in the face. That was huge. I did not want us to argue. I felt like arguing, I knew he did too. But I was not going to give in. I refused to do so.
"We were just talking. She called me her friend, don't friends talk?"
"Of course, they do."
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