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“Bancroft, are you even listening to me?”Elena startles.“Sorry, ma’am, I was distracted.”“I see.” Katye cradles her chin. “I am wondering if you could do me a favor.”The boss reaches into the purse on her desk and pulls out a plain, nondescript business card. What could she possibly have in mind?“There’s a wrap party being held in town tonight.” She presses the card into Elena’s hand. “An up and coming author is promoting their next book. The BookExpo is in a couple of weeks, but I’m hoping to poach them from the competition and grab some headlines before then. And you’re the bait.”Elena chafes at the term.“I beg your pardon?”“Oh for Christ’s sake!” Katye waves her hand dismissively. “It’s just a figure of speech!”Elena's stomach ties up in knots."Midnight? Isn't that a bit late? And what's this address? I've never heard of it before, and I've been up and down this city for a month! Something about this doesn't feel right." Don't worry your pretty head about such stuff."The klaxons in. Archaeological research will continue.”“Looks OK; reads well,” said Rachel.“I’ll let it sit till after lunch, then send it to the Minister, copying both Jason and Craig as well as Roy. I hope she’ll ask me to come and discuss things. I really don’t think I should be doing this ten or fifty or a thousand times.”“Yet that is an appropriate role for you. And you have effected this at a very minor cost to the State. Including the flight, I’ll bet this comes to under $5K.”“Perhaps under three.”“And that’s a lot less than shipping an armed group – park rangers, police, army, whatever. What did the Redfern riots in 2004 cost?”“I don’t know, but more than a few thousand. I know the rail station was set afire at one point.” [“Fifty police officers have been injured in Sydney following a night of rioting sparked by the death of an Aboriginal youth.” CNN 16 Feb. 2004]“Let’s go out for lunch and do a grocery mission.”“Aye, aye.”Later, Patrick sent off his report and he and Rachel were reading..
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