She had the cabby keep the meter running.
”We’ll pay your retainer and out-of-pocket in cash. No questions asked. Destroy your receipts — we know it’s expensive to have friends.
“I’m the only contact you’ll have. No one will know you’re doing conspiracy work for us.
“Your first mission, if you accept it, Mrs. Doe, is to provide protection against school shootings.
”A SWAT team thing?” Jane asked.
The woman laughed. “You won’t be protecting children against AR-15s, Mrs. Doe. You’ll be paid to protect the gun makers that manufacture them.
“Teachers could step up and solve the problem if they cared enough.” Jane spit-balled.
“You just earned a signing bonus,” the woman replied. Their sidewalk encounter ended as quickly as it had begun.
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