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Оглавление“I’m impressed by how you handled that teenager.”
“Wow, can I get a junior FBI badge or something?”
“Don’t push it.”
Garrett looked surprised, as if he hadn’t meant to utter the playful retort. Lana thought he might have even cracked a smile but couldn’t be sure. It would be a vast improvement on his permanent frown, his lips stretched into a thin straight line.
“I’d like to ask a favor of you,” he said.
“Sure.”
“Promise me you’ll never do that again?”
“You mean…”
“Insinuate yourself into a dangerous situation like that.”
Lana dunked her tea bag in the hot water and sighed. He was asking the impossible. She couldn’t turn her back on someone who was in so much pain they were blinded to the beauty of life and the grace of God. She knew how precious life was, and how short it could be.
“I’m sorry, I can’t make that promise,” she said.
