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“Of course. She's helping me test the security of this place. And if a
child
can run circles
around you . . .” She shook her head. “Let's just say, it doesn't look good.”
“But you're—”
The woman said nothing. She only smiled, showing a lot of teeth.
Custody was suddenly sweating. He let go of Laurie and pulled out a handkerchief.
“Hey, now, it was an honest mistake! I didn't know she worked for the Col—um, you.”
“Well, now you do. And now we're leaving. Come on, Laurel.” The woman took Laurie by
the arm and walked away, head held high.
“Let's just walk away slowly,” the woman whispered. “When we turn the corner, try to make
it to the marina before Custody starts using his brain instead of his mouth.”
As soon as they were out of Custody's sight, they broke into a run.
“That was great! But my name is Laurie, not Laurel.”
“Close enough. I'm Winsome Losesome.”
“It's nice to meet you! Thank you for helping me! I didn't mean to cause trouble.”
“Don't mention it. I was leaving town anyway. And I really don't like that guy. He's a dumb
bully.”
At the marina, Winsome jumped aboard a boat and went to work getting it ready to depart.
“Come on! Hop on,” she called to Laurie.
“Whose boat is this, Winsome?”
“It's my boat, the
Doppelganger
. Get that other rope for me, would you?”
“Wow, how did you get a boat? Are you a pirate?”
“I'm a lot of things, girl.” Winsome said. “As for the boat, I kind of stole it. But I stole it
honestly!”
“How can you steal something
honestly
?” Laurie was afraid that she was getting into even
more trouble.
“I used to be a deckhand on this boat,” she said. “The Boss made me do all of the dirty work.
'Losesome, replace the main mast!' he'd say. 'Put a new rigger on the widdershins!'”
Winsome unfurled the sail.
“But secretly, I was saving all the old parts I replaced. They were going to the trash anyway,
so might as well keep them, right? Once I collected enough pieces, I quit, and then I put them
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