What if it doesn't get smoothed out?" I asked. "What if what Jack said was true... that the Feds really did tell Bettina's lawyers that I have McGinty's Materials, or whatever variant of it that they did say? You do realize what that means?"
"I'm trying not to realize it." said Tanya, and I could see tears forming in her eyes.
"By the way," I said, "I thought you didn't like being put between us and Jack."
"I don't." said Tanya, getting some steel back in her spine. "When I complained, I felt like I was being put in a position I didn't want to be in. But this is different, and it's something we've got to resolve, for good or bad, right now..."
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5:00pm. Cindy was sitting on the sofa when Jack Muscone came in, a very worried look on his face, followed by Tanya
