HARPER:The silence between us stretched like a wire pulled too tight. Daniel's jaw worked, his eyes fixed somewhere over my shoulder like he was trying to find the right words."Daniel..." I stepped closer. "What did James want with you?"He rubbed the back of his neck, pushing himself off the wall. I had known Daniel for a long time not to trust the words that came off of his mouth next."It was nothing, really." He laughed, but the sound came out wrong. "He just asked me a few questions. Nothing important.""Nothing important?" My eyebrows raised. "Well tell me. I want to hear. ""So... Um..." He moved his hands in front of him nervously. "We met days before he came and uh... We were just talking about boring stuff like, you know, the new gaming stuff I was talking to you about."I crossed my arms. "So, you're telling me that James, Alexander's assistant, tracked you down to talk about games?"He shrugged. "Stranger things have happened.""Daniel.""It's fine, Harper." He waved me
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