“Thierry, since your departure George's unit has had a high loss rate. Fatigue, imprisonment, bad stuff. If there was anyone else, trust me, I’d call them. Just this once.”
“I thought you’d grown disgusted with violence.”
“As a backup, that’s all. Somebody’s following me.”
“You sure?”
“Hell yeah, I’m sure.”
“After so many years in, you can start, you know, imaging—”
“Thierry, don’t give a paranoia-is-a-disease lecture. I know what I saw. I caught a woman glance at me in the metro days ago. That’s a good enough for me.”
“You sound scared.”
“Course, I’m scared. My life might be on the line.”
“Any idea who she works for?”
“I've got hunches. But nothing solid.”
“I didn’t realize it was that serious. You still have it?”
“Have what?”
“You know.”
Pablo was momentarily puzzled, but
