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Need to Lie Here, Need to Leave - Chapter 3: Crooked as a Crow
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Feeling a little more in his element, Marty walks up and asks, βAre you Thomas Beauchard?β
The boy startles briefly, and dark, wary eyes meet his. In a surprisingly feminine lisp, he replies, βOccasionally, why?β
βJust hoping to ask a couple questions about a childhood friend of yours.β Marty leans against a stool, cool.
At that, Thomas (he assumes) drops the box and grins. βThat's a hell of a line, stud. How many boys that worked on?β
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Marty and Rust follow up on a lead.

















