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Leilah immersed us deep into the conversations of the other wealthy and ancient guests, but I couldn’t get my thoughts off Eric. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn’t hear Leilah calling to me until she pinched my arm. Hard.
I started back and whipped my head to her. “What was that?”
A look of disapproval covered her face. “We were talking about the smoke from earlier, and Becker here-” She gestured to one of the red-eyed gentlemen, “-mentioned that you were near where it happened and know who caused all that commotion.”
Becker nodded. “Yes. Dr. Riley is his name.”
I lifted an eyebrow. “He’s really a doctor?”
Becker lifted his patrician nose slightly and wrinkled it. “I have seen a transcript at the London University that shows he achieved master in chemistry some
