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John Kelly is doing everything in his power to contain him. Your only option is elimination as quickly as possible. End of discussion. I am returning to the party.”
Mia was desperately trying to get Sienna, the luxurious, pampered Mercer kitty, away from her, but this cat was taken with her. Mia was again panicking, feeling very much like a trapped rat. What could she do? How to get away? Maybe she could disappear like a puff of smoke. It was too late to pop out and try to explain what she was doing in this room, hiding behind the drapes, apparently amusing Sienna. The facts screamed in her head; she was spying on the host of the party.
The man that had employed the catering company she worked for, Robert Mercer, had made it clear, he had high standards. The job was not given if the price was not right, and everyone working at the party needed to be thoroughly vetted, including background checks, signed confidentiality agreements, fingerprints, photographs, and health checks before entering this house.
It was not just a house, it was an estate that included a highly sophisticated, technologically advanced security system on a vast piece of land with many amenities.
She was employed to serve excellent, perfect food, not tour the house or eavesdrop on the host and one of his guests.
Mia’s armpits were soaked, her mouth bone dry, every muscle taut, and adrenaline was pumping through her veins like an opium rush trying to reach every cell in her body. She had never experienced this level of fear when Robert Mercer said the word “eliminate.” Mia knew something was very wrong and something had to give.
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