Chapter 50
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Doyle woke the next morning, half regretting what he hadn’t done with Mick. But it had been the right thing. He knew Mick was interested in him and toying with his emotions when Kord was still a possibility, however remote, was wrong.
Gradually, Doyle felt better about his decision. He got out of bed, peered out his window at the thin morning light, and decided to get on with his day.
When he got to the office, the whole crew was there but everyone seemed engrossed in his work. Everyone but O’Brien.
“Here’s Doyle,” O’Brien intoned.
“What’s going on?”
“Just the mind numbing pleasures of work.”
“Kord around?” Doyle asked and in response one of the others did a mincing, falsetto imitation of his question. He ignored it. “Did you see him this morning, O’Brien?”
“No. Hasn’t been in yet.”