patriot.

       “… Outstanding. Maybe Jimminy needs a 
        few seminars on how to do his job.” The 
        retort is sharp and critical but Eli stands 
        by it, flipping the wallet close and tucking 
        the item back into the woman’s pocket 
        as if nothing had happened. Of course, 
        he’s not going to get a response from 
        Hulkling. The hired types usually were 
        detach from their jobs.

         “Couldn’t have simply expose her and her 
         contacts with all that information, Sherlock?” 
         Standing now, he wipes his gloves off on the
         knees of his pants with a grimace. Perfect. 
        “And you don’t ever get tired of using the same 
         method?”

             ❝ That wasn’t what I was paid to do. They give me
             specifics and I do what I’m told. EXPOSING wasn’t
             a part of any of that. ❞ Though it could have been. But
             what would they need him for if it was? They could
             have paid someone else less than his charge to expose
             this woman. No, they wanted her dead. It didn’t matter
             who would be losing her.

             ❝ Never ever really the same. And the jobs I get aren’t
             as dull as this one was. ❞ Yes, he meant DULL. There
             wasn’t any challenge to it. He simply came in, took care
             of her, and could slip back out. It was more interesting
             when he had to infiltrate. ❝ If it was any easier than this,
             I would have been suspicious, though. ❞