Nine
After another half hour, Dion came over and sat. “They say I can go. You need anything else?”
“Are you kidding me? Get out of here. I’ll send you your half of the bounty.”
“You don’t have to send me anything. We’re friends. I don’t work for you,” Dion said.
“I know that, but that doesn’t mean I can’t pay a friend for helping me.” I stood up now. We shook hands, and Dion left.
I sat back down with Falerius still sitting next to me. He had his feet stretched out, crossed in front of him and his hands folded behind his head. He almost looked like he was asleep. With his eyes still closed he took a small breath, “You okay with all this waiting around?”
“Not really but if you consider the morning we had, I would rather be doing this than that.”
Falerius chuckled, “Bet your ass.”
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