Odie frowned, touching his flushed face. "Red?"

Jonah nodded.

Odie felt his own forehead, then Jonah's, finding no difference. "No fever," he concluded. "It's too hot in here. Let's get the AC going."

"How cool do you want it, boss?"

"Set it to 18 degrees."

Odie tugged at his collar. Yeah, it was warm. He hadn't noticed it much when he was in the study.

Thinking about it, Odie paused. "Was I too harsh boarding up Sophie's windows?"

"Not really. She did betray you."

"Get someone to remove a couple of those boards. We need

"Boss?"

want anyone suffocating on

"Got it."

Odie had given her into her ring-a secret that might come in handy

"Come in."

might be Odie again. But this time, it was Polly. "Boss wants me to make sure your meds kick in," Polly said.

shut the door and approached

Qdie and want to take him down. But let me tell you, you can't do it. I

Polly hesitated, clearly torn.

promise, not just the Minton and

Polly's answer. After a moment of silence, Polly said, "I can give you the phone, but you won't pull this off."

won't

"What?"

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