as she felt something awakening in the farthest corners of her mind. 

“You’ll never have a better chance…,” the voice of Van Nostrand oozed over her consciousness and polluted her senses. 

“You didn’t get fully up to speed after your little operation… you have no idea who you’re talking to. Consider this a warning - your one and only. Leave Grimaldi alone, leave us alone, we’ll forget we ever heard your name. Clean, easy, everyone does their thing,” Underbrink prattled on as he strolled through the room, picking up an odd heirloom here, glancing at a yellowed photo there. Janelle followed his eyes very closely as he ventured deeper into the study, careful to keep her body between him and the door. 

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