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Yue gasped a little, surprised. She started shaking a little more. But she bit her lip, trying to keep her emotions under control. After a long moment of silence, it looked like she might not be ready to talk about it yet.

When it was clear Yue wasn't talking James sighed, "You sure have bad luck with men." he whispered to her as he pressed his cheek against the top of her head. "If... you want me to stay, I will." he told her quietly. "... But can I ask you one thing?"

Yue didn't say anything, but that wasn't a no.

"Do... you love Nic?"

Yue's nails suddenly dug deep into James' arm. "I hate him," she spat, voice full of venom. Her reactions were starting to become a bit clearer. It seemed like that angry, spiteful side of her was almost like a safety net for when the pain became too much for her to handle.

James let Yue dig her nails into his arm and said nothing for a long moment. "What do you think of Laurel then?" he asked quietly after a moment.

Yue was silent for a moment as she slowly let go of James' arm. "... I don't know," she replied, anger still in her voice. "But he lost his old pet, so I understand why he would want Laurel to be his new one."

James frowned as the familiar word came up again but didn't comment on it. "I think she's too nice." he diagnosed simply, before loosing his grip a bit to get a look at Yue's face. "Want to take a break tonight?" he asked, "It seems like at this point, there's nothing either of us can really do to help Wolfe anyway..." he sighed, looking a bit depressed at his uselessness.

Yue still looked angry. "... I have some work I need to get done," she replied.

"Alright." James replied as he slowly let go of Yue, "I'm relieved you don't hate me." he told her after a moments pause and it was clear he finally felt more relaxed around her again.

Yue didn't say anything.

James nodded with a small smile, "Well then..." he said, reaching out and patting the top of Yue's head, "I suppose I should let you get back to more important things."

Yue knocked his his hand away dispassionately.

So James left her alone, for now.

As the day past, Nic and Missy found out that the man was Jeremy Yates, age 24 and he had apparently died a little over a year ago. He had indeed worked for the Yin Long until the time of his supposed death. He had been working on assignment when an explosion and subsequent fire had killed him. No body was recovered but it was assumed he had been blown to bits. (lol idk)

When Nic and Missy made their discovery, Nic went to inform everyone else while Missy headed for the pool.

Lucy was already there, splashing about. "You're late!" she informed Missy.

Frei informed Wolfe who informed Yue.

Laurel frowned a bit, "So the Okorie family basically stole him from the Yin Long?" she asked when Frei had left the room.