Here we see what happens when Sylvie faces Agent Bengal! He's turning out to be a pretty nice guy, isn't he?
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SHDYCF2 Chapter 12: Back Alley MeetingsCHAPTER TWELVE
Back Alley Meetings
Sylvie didn't leave the house for the next two days after the meeting in the office. Instead, she spent much of her time in the garage, thinking hard about her hare-brained scheme, trying to poke holes in it and see it from a different angle. She wanted her plan to be foolproof when she put it into action.
I can't afford any mistakes on this, she thought. If I fail, it means Dad and Ben will lose their jobs, maybe even Mom.
Once more she ran through the idea in her head. She would call Thomas Wolfe and arrange a meeting with him, on the proviso he brought Agent Bengal with him. She couldn't afford to do it in a public place where they could be seen, so she would have them meet her in the alley behind the store that started it all. Somehow, that seemed fitting to her. Most of those buildings still sported scorches and other battle damage from the Riots, but being so far from the town center, it hadn't been touched by the reconstruction yet. That would
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SHDYCF2 Chapter 10: Secrets RevealedCHAPTER TEN
Secrets Revealed
It took about an hour for her parents to show up in their car. She had bid Stetson good night and watched him walk back over the hill towards his parent's farm. Ah, she thought, if only he'd been a centaur too, or I a human again. And she blushed, even now, as she remembered leering at his butt as he walked away. Thoughts of him and her played in her fantasies for a few minutes before she pulled the plug on it. Ahh, she sighed, I bet he's probably already got a girlfriend. Lucky girl
Now, she watched her parents get out of the car with a mixture of trepidation and joy at seeing them again. It seemed like forever since she'd last had an opportunity to do this, and she was eager.
"Mom!" She laughed, rushing forward.
The older woman jumped at the shout and the charge, bracing herself seconds before Sylvie swept her up in a gigantic bear hug. Her father watched from the safety of the other side of the car.
"Huh. It's...good to...see you too, swee