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Harlow hadn’t expected Noon to show up the following morning in spite of him saying that he would come to pick her up. But when she came around the corner from the deli that Sunday, he was there, waiting on the sidewalk.
The previous night he’d driven her home and actually thanked her for bringing Ryske to them. She wouldn’t exactly call him warm and fuzzy, but she’d felt comfortable enough to tell him that she wanted to come and see Ryske again. That was when he’d offered to pick her up and take her back to Bale’s.
Getting into a car with him again was a much calmer experience that day and conversation on the ride over to Bale’s was civilized if inconsequential. When they arrived at the doctor’s apartment, Harlow wasn’t surprised to find Dover, Maze, and Bale in various states of tir
