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I ASKED LENKA several times if she was all right going home by herself.
“I have my husband there,” she said. “He’s into boxing. He’s very big and very Russian.” She attempted a smile but I didn’t think she was that comfortable.
I told her, “Do contact us if you need help.”
She nodded.
We left the cafe, and we waited while she walked to the tram stop, lonely and vulnerable. There were murderers out there, people who stopped at nothing to prevent the truth coming out. She knew a lot.
“Maybe we need to devote some resources to protecting her,” I said.
“Maybe when Sheydu comes back,” Thayu said.
And yes, we were down in numbers. We could use Sheydu, Telaris, Reida and Deyu. They were close by, I’d been told, but my team had stopped making predictions for when they would join us.
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