~ Adrain ~
I glanced through the documents Austin dropped on my desk and shook my head in disagreement.
How would the South Side armies want an agreement? The matter has already been resolved in a peace talk, so who would have brought it up again?
I walked to the shelf next to my dresser and heaved. The piles of books there were discouraging for someone who wanted to search for something he didn’t know exactly where it was placed.
I moved to the first row, carefully raising the books one at a time to ensure they didn’t stick to each other.
The document wasn’t in the first row or the second or even the third row either.
Could it be that I had misplaced it? My hands rested on my waist as I walked back to my desk, pulling the dresser open and beginning to rummage its contents.
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