Chapter 105

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~~VESPER~~

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Initially, I’d been skeptical about what a meeting with Barrett, who claims he has bad blood with me, would be like.

I half expected an ambush or some kind of ego-driven showdown, but so far, it’s been surprisingly… normal. Almost too normal. Barrett is a good conversationalist, I’ll give him that. He doesn’t miss a beat, steering the topics around the table like a well-trained