The Chrysalis (2007)
“Sophia, known for her abstinence, joined Mara this time and chugged glass after glass. The evidence of their immoderation upset the equilibrium of Sophia’s stark, nearly sterile apartment, where, unlike Mara’s, even the concealed places were subject to merciless order. Tonight, however, Sophia ignored the empty bottle, crumpled napkins, and bowls of half-eaten pasta. Both women were focused on the purloined documents spread out before them.
Sophia shook her head. “Oh my God, I still can’t belie...ve you took these. This is not what we talked about, Mara. We specifically agreed that you’d go in there and look around—nothing more. What if you’d gotten caught?” The wine turned Sophia’s wrath into mere terror. Just an hour before, she had raged at Mara for taking the documents from Michael’s office. But Mara had known from the start that the strict, ambitious Sophia would never sanction the risk.
“Sophia, we’ve been through this before. I had no choice. Without these papers, I can’t begin to understand what scheme Michael’s involved in to hide this Strasser information and why he used me.MoreLess
Sophia shook her head. “Oh my God, I still can’t belie...ve you took these. This is not what we talked about, Mara. We specifically agreed that you’d go in there and look around—nothing more. What if you’d gotten caught?” The wine turned Sophia’s wrath into mere terror. Just an hour before, she had raged at Mara for taking the documents from Michael’s office. But Mara had known from the start that the strict, ambitious Sophia would never sanction the risk.
“Sophia, we’ve been through this before. I had no choice. Without these papers, I can’t begin to understand what scheme Michael’s involved in to hide this Strasser information and why he used me.MoreLess
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