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A.R.Yngve
PARRY'S PROTOCOL
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Chapter 5
WHY THEY CALL YOU PARRY?
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I'M PARANOID.
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WHY YOU HERE?
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TO STOP ME FROM KNOWING TOO MUCH.
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WHO WANTS THAT?
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IF I KNEW THAT pause I WOULDN'T BE pause HERE!!
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WHY'D YOU SHOOT ONE OF pause YOUR STUDENTS?
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HE WAS OUT TO GET ME.
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LATER. Pause. YOU BELIEVE ME pause IF I SAID pause I WORK FOR THE CIA?
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Patrick froze and scrutinized Abram's face. He pulled in air and wrote: MAYBE. AND?
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WE COULD HELP EACH OTHER.
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GET A SAFER ROOM.
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I WILL. YOU TRUST ME?
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NO. Then: I'LL WAIT.
Parry carefully rubbed out the writing on his side of the glass, and gestured at Abram to do likewise. So he did. Abram turned away from the patient, stepped over to the corner, and picked up his clothes.