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"How about it, Milly?" he asked her. She shrugged. "He believes what he says," she told him. "He honestly doesn't think he has any psi powers." "That mitigates the affair," Maragon said. HOW ABOUT IT MILLY HE ASKED HER SHE SHRUGGED HE BELIEVES WHAT HE SAYS SHE TOLD HIM HE HONESTLY DOESN'T THINK HE HAS ANY SIDE POWERS THAT MITIGATES THE AFFAIR MARIGAN SAID
d our little charade." He came to a stop and took a deep breath. "I'm going to make one statement and rest on it," I said, trying to keep my voice calm and level. He shrugged. "Your turn," he said. "I'm a Normal," I said. "I flatly deny that I have the slightest shred of psi power. I accuse that freckled snake over there of lying deliberately. I'll make him pay for it, and he'll be lucky if it isn't with his blood." "That's all?" "Isn't it enough?" He laughed harshly and grinned over at Lefty. "Some of you maverick psis scream like a gelded porker," he said. "I figgered you'd tell me we'd cost you a fortune in prospective poker winnings, to say the least." My stomach dropped. I hadn't thought of that, not as much as I should have. It was my only income! "Something a darn sight more important than money is involved," I said. "Maybe you aren't such a bad guy," he decided. He looked over at the woman standing silently in her slip beside his desk, her bare arms folded over her ample bosom. BUMP TO NIGHT YOU'LL KNOW IT THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEHIND OUR LITTLE CHARADE HE CAME TO A STOP AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE STATEMENT AND REST ON IT I SAID TRYING TO KEEP MY VOICE CALM AND LEVEL HE SHRUGGED YOUR TURN HE SAID I'M A NORMAL I SAID I FLATLY DENY THAT I HAVE THE SLIGHTEST SHRED OF SIDE POWER I ACCUSE THAT FRECKLED SNAKE OVER THERE OF LYING DELIBERATELY I'LL MAKE HIM PAY FOR IT AND HE'LL BE LUCKY IF IT ISN'T WITH HIS BLOOD THAT'S ALL ISN'T IT ENOUGH HE LAUGHED HARSHLY AND GRINNED OVER AT LEFTY SOME OF YOU MAVERICK SIZE SCREAM LIKE A GELDED PORKER HE SAID I FIGURED YOU'D TELL ME WE'D COST YOU A FORTUNE IN PERSPECTIVE POKER WINNINGS TO SAY THE LEAST MY STOMACH DROPPED I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT NOT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE IT WAS MY ONLY INCOME SOMETHING A DARN SIGHT MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY IS INVOLVED I SAID MAYBE YOU AREN'T SUCH A BAD GUY HE DECIDED HE LOOKED OVER AT THE WOMAN STANDING SILENTLY IN HER SLIP BESIDE HIS DESK HER BARE ARMS FOLDED OVER HER AMPLE BOSOM
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