CHAPTER 24: Alison
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The next day, Alison had everything planned, but she needed Tobias’ help. She found him in the office kitchen. “Hey, I need you to do me a favor.”
“What kind of favor?” He bit into his sandwich and looked at her like she was holding a bomb.
“Oh, come on. I can’t believe you don’t trust me.
“I trust that this has something to do with Harker.”
“Yeah, it does, but it’s nothing bad. We’re playing a game and I want to win.”
“Is that what all this a-point-for-me has been about?” He took another bite of his sandwich.
“Yeah.”
“What kind of game are you two playing?” He held up his hand. “Forget I asked. I do not want to know. Please, I’m begging you to fight your desire to ramble on with an explanation.”
“Okay.” She laughed. Those kinds of comments used to hu
