As she walked down the corridor, Ava allowed herself a small, genuine smirk. She hadn't lied. She knew people. The permits would be there. But Henderson didn't need to know that the "people" she knew were city officials who owed her favors, not the other way around. She wasn't the product; she was the broker. And business was good.
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AV A D A L U S H – PUBLIC AGENT
One rainy evening, a child lost a toy—an orange plastic dinosaur—into the river near the restored span. The river's current glittered like shredded foil. Workers were still on site, drilling and welding, a slow, patient choreography of rebuilding. Ava watched the child press her face to the safety rail and cry soft, private sobs. She had no official line to deliver then. She sheltered the child under an umbrella and handed back the recovered dinosaur, mud-wet and sincere. The child's gratitude was a single, bright verb: "Thanks." As she walked down the corridor, Ava allowed
Henderson swallowed hard, his eyes darting to the door, then back to her. He reached into his desk drawer, his movements jerky and suspicious. He pulled out a thick envelope and tossed it onto the desk. "It's all there. Count it." The permits would be there