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confused.
    Chuckie managed a small smile. “Sorry, Jeff. Yes, I’m sure my emotions are off the charts. But as I just told Kitty, I’ve spent a lifetime banking anger and turning it into something that works in my favor.”
    Gower came and sat on Chuckie’s other side. “Chuck, seriously, I’m here for you, we all are.”
    â€œI know, Paul. And I appreciate that, truly. But Kitty needs to debrief us and we need to do the same for her.”
    The three other men looked like they didn’t believe it could be this easy. “Ah, are you sure?” Jeff asked. “Because, trust me, you don’t feel like you’re banking anger or turning it into something useful. You’re ready to kill.”
    â€œI am.” Chuckie stood up. “You just have no idea how many times throughout my life I’ve wanted to kill someone who’s wronged me, or Kitty. I know the expectation was that I’d go on a rampage, and, honestly, if Kitty hadn’t told me what was going on privately that could have happened. But . . . we have a history of this, of watching each other’s backs, of giving each other the bad news the other one doesn’t want to hear but has to. I’ll be okay.”
    â€œReally?” Buchanan sounded no more convinced than Jeff had.
    â€œReally.” Chuckie’s eyes glittered. “What you all forget is that I’m both an extremely patient person and I’ve been in covert and clandestine ops for my entire adult life. You don’t rise up in the C.I.A. by losing it anytime something goes wrong or someone tries to kill you or kills someone on your team or someone who you care about. You rise up in the Agency by being smart enough to solve problems off-book, without any dirt flying back onto you or anyone else you need to protect.”
    Gower nodded. “You’re much less . . . impulsive than, say, Jeff is.”
    â€œAnyone is less impulsive than Jeff,” Chuckie said with a laugh. The others laughed, too, and I felt the room relax. “Understand—I’m
going
to kill him. But I’ll do it when it’s not going to cause us all more problems than it solves. It’s going to be slow, horrific, and as painful as I can possibly make it. And I’m going to make sure he knows it’s me who’s killing him, and that I know why he deserves to die.
But
, that won’t happen until, as I said, it’s in a place or a way that doesn’t ruin all of us.”
    â€œWhat do you think?” Buchanan asked Jeff.
    Who cocked his head. I could tell he was concentrating on Chuckie. Jeff nodded slowly. “When you’re with Kitty, you really can’t hide your emotions from me. Naomi could, and did, hide them from me when you two were falling in love, and you’re pretty good at it when you’re not with Kitty. But when you are you’re almost as clear a read as she is.”
    â€œThat’s good, I guess,” Chuckie said.
    Jeff nodded. “It is. Chuck’s under control,” he said to Buchanan. “For now.” He turned back to Chuckie. “But you and we need to be on guard—because that control feels tenuous. And it’s going to be tested the moment you see Goodman again.”
    Chuckie shrugged. “I never did anything to you when you essentially took Kitty from me. I won’t do anything to him until it’s the right time.”
    â€œHey, I thought we were past that.” Jeff sounded hurt.
    Chuckie walked over and clapped Jeff on the shoulder. “We are. Well past that. And I was glad of it before but I’m incredibly grateful now that you, not Cliff, were my best man. Thank you for that, Jeff. So much.”
    Jeff pulled Chuckie in and hugged him tightly. Gower joined them. Group hugs were really an A-C thing, and I didn’t mind them. But I knew better than to add into the Bro Hug right now. Chuckie didn’t need me there,