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“Thanks for coming,” Michael greeted her easily when she entered the briefing room behind Lola Maloney. Okay, didn’t seem to be any problem there.
Billy looked at her and offered one of his carefully neutral nods. The two trays of dirty plates near him and Michael showed that he hadn’t been avoiding her at the meal as well. Or at least not only avoiding her. Clearly they’d been doing a lot of planning, Mr. D-boy and Mr. SEAL.
A large electronic map was on a wall screen. Galkacyo. That was a bad sign right there. Galkacyo was one of the most powerful pirate strongholds, despite being a hundred miles inland.
At Michael’s nod, Trisha closed the door. The four of them. She and Maloney traded a questioning glance, then sat down across from the boys. Then Michael indicated for Billy to sp
