Sarah Armstrong - 01 - Singularity
“This time I had no need to wait for the maid to answer the door. Priscilla’s attorney, Stan Claville, the tall, spindly man with a painfully gaunt face and deep-set brown eyes I’d watched on television that morning, waited outside to greet me. From the cut of his gray pinstripe, I knew the family had spared no expense when considering his hourly retainer. I followed him to the library, where Priscilla Lucas waited in a hunter-green leather chair, drinking an iced tea and watching the smoke from... her long, slender cigarette dissipate over her head. Unlike the woman I’d met just four days earlier, she seemed unsure of herself, although she sat with rigid posture and, at what I sensed was great personal expense, looked me straight in the eye.
“May I offer you a glass of tea?” she asked, with a forced smile.
“No thanks,” I said, not particularly wanting to make sociable. As I left headquarters, the last thing David did was remind me to be careful, or the captain’s concerns could become reality.MoreLess
“May I offer you a glass of tea?” she asked, with a forced smile.
“No thanks,” I said, not particularly wanting to make sociable. As I left headquarters, the last thing David did was remind me to be careful, or the captain’s concerns could become reality.MoreLess
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