ers. t out and limped doairs to the desk.

    tting reading a magazine and he desk and rose. Yessir, he said.

    Id like to see tration.

    Are you a police officer?

    No. Im not.

    Im afraid I cant do t sir.

    Yes you can.

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    t in ells room, ells on t o do trader. I could just go home.

    You could.

    Id make it ake you to an AtM. Everybody just  fourteen grand in it.

    Good payday.

    I think so.

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    Its still a good payday.

    It is. Its just in the wrong currency.

    ells eyed tance bety years ago. Probably  not even t you o do, he said.

    C sloucing against his knuckles.

    atcc ts.  all before. So had ells.

    It started before t,  realize it at time.  doopped in a cafe in t