Alex shook his head. “Ed doesn’t know much, but he’s good at making up the difference.”
“What does that mean?”
“You know. Making it up.”
She stared at him, disbelieving. “But he was under orders, right?”
“More like a strong request, but he thought so.”
“What about the department?”
“As I expected, they want to brief me in person as soon as possible.”
“Is everything… okay?” She had been unable to bring herself to use the phone with Ed nearby.
“I read between the lines that nothing is obviously wrong, so officially ‘yes’.”
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