But if Brake wanted her to stay longer on any given night, do it again maybe, she'd make some excuse—jet lag, a headache, something plausible. Her inventions were seamless, she was the best poker-faced liar in the world, so there would be a kiss goodbye for stupid Brake, a smile, a wave, a closed door, and the next minute there she would be, with Jimmy.

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