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She couldn’t call up Brodie and tell him this. She had to be with him so they could discuss it in person. It was her only hope of tempering his reaction to this revelation. Spurred by this turn of events, she wanted to return to the manor, where they could process the development and construct some sort of plan.
Unfortunately, Brodie’s ex would be arriving at CI at some point today and that nixed her ability to flee. Zara needed to stay and use this last chance to make sure that if Kahlil tried to approach CI, without the sweetener, that Cuckoo wouldn’t walk into some disastrous deal without knowing what she was selling. Cuckoo wouldn’t be interested in Future’s Hope, but if offered a bundle of cash her first week on the job, she would probably take it to win favor
