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“How long have we been here Mai Lin?” Giorgio Faenza asked.
He spoke softly but still the SSA heard him talking. “Do you have somewhere to go?” one of the two SAAs guarding him and Mai Lin, laughed. “I can tell you already that you’re not going to make it in time, ha, ha!”
Faenza wanted to respond, but decided not to do anything because Mai Lin had already told him to keep his head down. He leaned back, had his chair balanced on two legs. His eyes slipped thoughtlessly along the ceiling. “I don’t get it,” he said. “You and…” He had to swallow. “And Paolo, the wretch…”
“There is nothing between us Giorgie, between Paolo and me. You do understand that now, don’t you?” Mai Lin Tsui said. Faenza had the chair drop back on four legs with a bang and sat up again.
“Hey! Watch it, you!” th
