A Familiar Enemy

~Kaelen~

I put the Apex Systems file on the table in front of Wyatt at eight AM and watched him read it.

He read fast. Wyatt always read fast — he processed information the way he did everything, efficiently and without drama. But halfway through the second page he stopped. He went back. He read something again.

Then he looked up at me.

"Eighteen months," he said.

"Eighteen months," I confirmed.

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