As Rollie left the building and walked home to meet Gretchen, Raul sat in Rollie"s office twisting, turning, and calculating how to handle the latest bit of information he’d learned. Finally, his head hurt from over-thinking the facts and speculative guesses. He got up and headed home for some rest. This was one of those nights when he was jealous of Rollie"s life. At least he had a girlfriend to be with the rest of the night. Raul promised himself to find a partner as soon as he left Phoenvartis and made enough World Credits to quit this cloak and dagger existence.
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From the other side of his apartment door, Rollie could hear two voices. One was Gretchen"s. The other was a man"s voice which sounded familiar, but he couldn"t place it. He opened the door to find Gretchen and the only
