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I was bringing Adrian his coffee at the train station
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when I saw an overhead beam tilt right above a group of kids.
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I ditched the coffee, ran forward, and caught it midair.
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As people gasped and clapped, I glanced over at Adrian to see if he'd witnessed my heroic moment.
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He had not.
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Just as I set the beam down, my butt bumped against a massive luggage trolley, which sent it flying straight at Adrian, who still wasn't looking.
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So I ran again, swept him up, and stepped aside just as the trolley tore through the space where he'd been standing.
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Adrian blinked up at me.
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I stared down at him.
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My gaze slid to his lips as they parted, clearly about to thank me.
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You did something to my coffee on the way, didn't you?
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If you're wondering who this ungrateful hunk is, he's my boss and my mentor.
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We have what you might call a love -hate relationship.
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Like, I love him and he hates me.
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But if you're wondering how I'm holding a man twice my size, we're gonna have to backtrack a little.
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Hi, I'm Faith.
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I know I look like I should be in a shampoo commercial.
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Blonde hair, big blue eyes, the whole soft look.
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Which is ironic because I'm basically King Kong.
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My mom didn't stay long after I was born, but Dad tells me that on day two of existing, I grabbed a nurse's finger so hard that I fractured it.
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When she finally pried it loose, I kicked a metal tray straight across the room.
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First sign something was wrong with me.
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Then I was always crying, like constantly.
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Dad was at his wit's end, and my four -year -old sister, Bianca, was already sick of me.
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She shoved a bottle of milk in my mouth, which I chugged down in seconds, then started crying again.
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She shook me by the shoulders, and I tugged at her hair pulling a chunk right off her scalp.
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Dad took me to several doctors who concluded that I was fine, except that I was always hungry because I burned calories crazy fast.
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Which probably had something to do with my crazy strength, which no one could logically explain.
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While Dad tried to manage everything and feed a kid who ate as much as a football team, Bianca hated me.
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She mostly ignored my existence, But if she ever spoke to me, it wasn't to say anything nice.
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Like the time I was five and Dad found me crying on the kitchen floor before my first day of school.
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Hey, sweetheart, what's wrong?
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Dad, am I the reason Mom isn't around?
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Did I kick her too hard when I was in her tummy and broke something?
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What?
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Of course not!
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Did your sister say that?
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He pulled me into his lap and fixed my hair.
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It's not your fault, okay?
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Now let's go to school.
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You're gonna make so many friends!
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I did not.
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Because inevitably, I freaked everyone out.
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Like the field trip where I knocked out a goat while petting it, or the time I was trying to take my pencil back from a kid
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and yanked her straight out of her chair into the math teacher
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or when I saved this dumb boy from choking on Oreos by giving him the Heimlich, and I cracked three of his wrists.
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Most things that met me ended up broken, bent, or crushed, which got me the name Godzilla.
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Once when I was 15, Bianca's loser boyfriend came over while she was out, and he started goading me about my strength.
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I've heard the rumors, but I'm not buying it.
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Let's arm wrestle.
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No girl can beat me.
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Sorry, I'm not allowed.
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What's the matter, little Faith?
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You scared?
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Bawk bawk baaar!
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Five seconds later, there was a horrible crack, followed by his horrible screams.
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I had to call an ambulance.
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You broke his arm?
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Now he's gonna break up with me!
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I barely touched him.
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But you're welcome.
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Is there a special dumpster you picked these losers from?
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Shut up!
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I don't need dating advice from a mutant!
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You've been ruining my life since you were born!
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I'd probably heard that every day of my life, but it still stung.
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I couldn't wait for her to move out.
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Which brings us to Bianca's grand wedding day.
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Somehow, at 22, she'd managed to land a famous NBA player,
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and for months I'd been hearing warnings about how I'd better not do anything to ruin it.
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So I'd eaten a huge meal before the ceremony, and I was just quietly sitting through it, till I saw this spider crawling up the back of the groom's mother's neck.
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I tried to flick it off gently.
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Ow!
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What are you doing, girl?
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Shh, nothing.
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It's just a spider.
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A what?
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Get it off me!
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Get it off me!
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She shot to her feet, and the spider disappeared into her dress.
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She started clawing at herself like she was on fire.
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I tried to help.
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But she slammed into me, which sent me crashing into the guests beside me.
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Who went flying into the dessert table, which went crashing into the decorative arch.
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Then some pulse snapped.
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Long story short, the whole wedding fell apart.
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In the wreckage, I saw Dad beside Bianca, but her eyes were fixed dead on me.
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Then she came charging like a bull and started hitting me.
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Bianca, stop it!
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Ow!
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Did you just smack my boob?
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You've ruined everything!
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This time it was the spider!
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Stop!
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It's not fair!
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You know I can't hit you back!
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Which is not fair having a sister I never wanted!
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Not exactly my decision!
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No!
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Not the other boob!
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Mom would still be here if it wasn't for you!
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I felt a surge of anger and shoved her off, then she went flying a few feet away.
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There it was.
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This resentment that had always lurked under our relationship.
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She'd finally said it.
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Bianca stormed off in tears, and as I stood up, I suddenly spotted two people looking at me from a distance.
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One was a very elegant woman, and the other was possibly the hottest man I'd ever seen.
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He walked up to me and held out a small device.
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I just stared at him like an idiot and took it.
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Try not to crush it.
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And then he just walked off.
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Suddenly, the device beeped.
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We have been observing you.
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Your abilities indicate exceptional potential.
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I froze.
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We believe you are capable of more.
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A black Mercedes will be outside your house at 0700 hours tomorrow morning.
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Do not ignore this opportunity.
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Then the screen went black, and a tiny puff of smoke rose from it.
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Both the guy and the woman were gone.
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Okay, so this was either extremely creepy, or maybe for the first time in my life,
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someone thought there was more to me than just being a walking, talking disaster.
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And I was too curious to ignore it.
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The black Mercedes was waiting outside my house the next morning, and about an hour later,
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I arrived at this sleek glass building where a woman told me to wait in a conference room.
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But after 30 minutes, my stomach could no longer ignore the side table with this gorgeous spread of food.
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At first, I picked up one microscopic sandwich.
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Oh, would you look at that?
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Bread no bigger than me thumb.
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Tis how rich folks stay thin, innit?
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Then I poured myself this tiny cup of tea and picked up a mini quiche.
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Proper little light in me ears, sitting a cuppa and eating a pie for ants.
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And then I just kinda blacked out.
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By the time the doors finally opened, I was standing there shoveling pastries into my mouth.
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Please, sir, the poor do be yearning for tiny foods.
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Just then, I looked up and saw the elegant woman from the wedding, with the hot guy right behind her.
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I started choking, grabbing my tea to wash things down, and then let out a burp.
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Oh, God.
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Did you eat the entire catering spread by yourself?
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What?
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No, not the entire.
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Here, I looked down.
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One cucumber slice.
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Fascinating.
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Any history of mental illness in her file?
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My face burned as the woman shook my hand and asked me to sit.
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Faith, I'm Director Sloan, and this is Adrienne.
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I'm sure you're wondering why we asked you to come here.
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And no, it wasn't for the Tea Party.
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We're from the CIA, and we'd like to recruit you as an undercover agent.
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We believe your super strength is an extraordinary gift.
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We think it remains to be seen, because spies also need stealth, grace, self -control...
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Wait, how do you even know about my strength?
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Oh, your body releases unusual amounts of thermal energy, which first appeared on government radar when you were a child.
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We've been keeping tabs on you since.
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Okay, that's not creepy at all.
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And you know, I kinda agree with Mr. Adonis here.
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It's Adrienne.
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Yeah, that's what I said.
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And, um, how am I a good candidate for a spy?
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Faith, the kind of strength you naturally have is something other agents couldn't train for their whole lives.
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You just need to learn control, which we can teach you.
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Also, no one would ever suspect you of being a spy.
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Because no one takes a blonde girl seriously?
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Haven't you ever seen a Bond movie?
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Tons of spies are blonde.
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No, it's because you're as tall as a blonde woman's leg.
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And what would I get out of this?
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An amazing paycheck, an unlimited food budget, and the pride of serving your country.
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Of course, this is if you pass your training.
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Then you'll accompany me on field assignments which would involve going to diplomatic events, galas, etc. We'd mostly be posing as a couple.
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Sold!
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I'd slammed my hand on the teacup so hard I'd crushed it to dust.
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I mean, you had me at Pride and Country and all that jazz.
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After that, the agency moved fast.
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The story for my family was
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that I'd been accepted into some university on the other side of the country on a full scholarship.
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Bianca didn't even look at me when I broke the news.
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Dad was emotional, and I think secretly he was relieved one of us was leaving.
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So, three days later, I flew into CIA headquarters in Washington, and officially disappeared into the world of espionage.
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I got thrown into training almost immediately.
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Most of which seemed to revolve around teaching me how to.. not use my strength that much.
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Like during lock decoding exercises, an instructor was yelling at me while I fumbled with some complicated electronic panel, and a giant countdown timer flashed overhead.
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30 seconds left!
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You have to be faster!
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I could literally just kick the door down!
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It's reinforced titanium steel with a hydraulic - oh!
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Before he'd finished, I'd kick the thing clean off its hinges!
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Perfect.
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We're in.
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Everyone within five miles knows it.
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Weapons training was a disaster too, because guns terrified me.
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So they switched me to knife throwing instead.
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Unfortunately, my first throw missed the target by several hundred feet and triggered multiple car alarms somewhere outside the facility.
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Fantastic.
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Let me go see what she's destroyed now.
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Combat training went even worse.
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The new recruits who hadn't seen me in action yet had spent days asking
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if I'd gotten lost on my way to a Sephora.
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And they couldn't stop laughing when they found out I was sparring against them.
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Minimal force, please.
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I want you to focus on technique.
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Five minutes later, three of the agency's best recruits were in the medical wing.
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How do we have two dislocated shoulders and one concussion?
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Do you understand what minimal force means?
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They kept calling me Barbie.
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Also, wouldn't you want me to cause some damage to the enemy on a real mission?
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You won't go on a real mission until I see you exercise some self -control.
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But the other recruits actually became respectful towards me after that.
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Friendly even.
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One afternoon, the guys challenged me to an eating competition in the cafeteria.
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30 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
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Nobody's ever finished 30.
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Oh, you boys are about to watch something really special then.
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As I was stuffing the last hot dog into my mouth, the entire cafeteria screamed like we'd just won the Super Bowl.
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Then one guy threw me over his shoulder as everyone chanted, Faith, Faith, Faith.
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Right then, Adrian walked in.
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Great, I'll leave you alone for ten minutes and you turn the nation's top intelligence agency into a frat house.
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I finally had friends who admired me.
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Scientists tracking my strength metrics in every training session were fascinated by me.
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For the first time, I felt people didn't just see me as a freak of nature.
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But Adrian, the guy I had a stupid big crush on, always found a way to put me down.
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So of course I was nervous when I found out part of my spy training involved learning ballroom dancing with him.
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5, 6, 7, 8!
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1, 2, 3, slide!
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1, 2, 3, turn!
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Adrian moved gracefully while I stumbled beside him like a newborn deer in six inch heels.
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Step front, step together.
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UGH, my toe!
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You keep putting your feet close to mine!
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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You got a better idea for where I should put them while we're dancing?
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UGH, GOD, you two have the chemistry of second cousins!
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Get closer!
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Adrian sighed and stepped in, his hand pressing more firmly against my waist, which wasn't helping my concentration.
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Just relax your shoulders.
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It's hard to relax when you're so impatient with me.
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Me?
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Impatient?
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Faith, my superpower is patience.
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I'm more patient than Mother Teresa.
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She would have lost her marbles by now if you tested her patience the way you test mine.
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Am I really doing that badly?
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Because everyone else here seems impressed.
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Yeah, because everyone else isn't in charge of the biggest disaster we've ever had.
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You.
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That stung, and I lost my cool.
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How about you catch a break from me then, and I find one of the other guys to practice with.
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I was about to walk off, but Adrian grabbed my waist and pulled me back against him.
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Those other guys aren't gonna be your partner.
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I am.
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So can we just try to get along right now?
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I will if you will.
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Fine.
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Fine.
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Fine.
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As we stared at each other, my heart was beating wildly.
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Finally, we have passion!
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Now, can we please focus on...
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Adrian's watch beeped just then.
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His whole face changed.
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He suddenly let go of me and started walking out, then stopped near the door to look back at me.
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You move when I move.
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I hurried after him through headquarters, trying to keep up in my heels.
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When we walked into the conference room, Sloane's face was waiting on a giant screen, completely motionless.
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Is the video stuck?
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But wow, that's really high definition.
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Never noticed all those wrinkles around her eyes.
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I can hear you, Faith.
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What?
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I mean, twinkles.
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The twinkle around your eyes.
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In your eyes.
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A photo flashed onto the screen beside her.
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An insanely gorgeous red -haired woman stepped out of a limousine while photographers swarmed around her.
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This is Vivian, a model, socialite, and suspected courier for a criminal organization.
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We believe she'll be transporting stolen military microchips to a buyer tonight at a gala in Paris.
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Whoever buys these chips could remotely redirect missiles, drones, basically any automated weapon connected to a network.
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Our agent monitoring Vivian was compromised this morning, and we need another team in Paris immediately.
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We have access to the Gala, but it's couples only.
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What?
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No, she's not ready.
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We don't have another option, so she has to be.
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Wait, wait.
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I'm the she we're talking about?
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Yes, your cover identities are a recently engaged couple, so please act like the relationship is still new and exciting.
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Adrian looked like he'd rather be hit by a bus.
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Good luck with your first mission, Faith.
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Also, the high -definition camera revealed that you may need to take care of your mustache before going to Paris.
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With that, the screen went black, and I heard Adrian snort.
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Did you.. by any chance.. you saw that?
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What do you think I was staring at while we were dancing?
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It was very distracting.
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Be ready to leave in two hours.
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With that, he just walked out again.
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This man made me want to pull my hair out.
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And one flight and one train ride later, we were at the gala in Paris.
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Everywhere I looked, there were diplomats and socialites in clothes that probably cost more than my dad's house.
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And then, Vivian came walking down the staircase.
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She looked unreal.
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Her silver dress hugging every curve.
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Her red hair falling in glossy waves.
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Can you stop staring at her like a sleazy construction worker?
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Adrian, she's an angel.
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She's a super evil witch.
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She's making me question things I've never questioned before.
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Like, what if I'm kinda gay?
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How about you have this identity crisis another time and focus on me, your partner?
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Oh, please.
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Like you're not staring.
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She's not my type.
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That woman is everybody's type.
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I just prefer short girls.
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Oh my god.
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He did? And brunettes.
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That's non -negotiable.
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Ugh.
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Never mind.
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He moved us deeper into the crowd, greeting diplomats and fluent French, while I smiled beside him, pretending I understood what anyone was talking about.
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Meanwhile, every few seconds, another tray of hors d 'oeuvres floated past me, and my attention kept drifting.
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At one point, I started following a waiter, but Adrian caught my wrist and pulled me off to one side.
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Please don't start.
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You know your history with tiny foods, and you ate three cheeseburgers before we came here.
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That was an hour ago.
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He reached into his tuxedo pocket and handed me a peanut butter energy bar, my favorite.
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You carry emergency snacks for me now?
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Yeah, you're useless without food.
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Then he stepped closer, pretending to whisper something romantic while his eyes scanned the ballroom over my shoulder.
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Vivian's been talking to a guy in a navy tux at the bar for the last ten minutes.
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The only thing she's carrying is a silver purse under her arm.
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The chips could be in there, but she could make the exchange any minute.
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Mm -hmm.
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Faith, you're not listening.
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I shouldn't have given you that bar just yet.
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You probably shouldn't have worn this much cologne either.
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That just slipped out, but he continued like he hadn't heard it.
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Get close and hear what they're saying, and try not to drool all over her.
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So I headed toward the bar, trying to look sophisticated.
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Vivian was leaning against the counter, and I decided to slide onto the empty stool beside her.
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But just as I reached for it, she suddenly turned, and somehow my hands landed directly on her butt.
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I froze as Vivian looked over her shoulder at me.
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Oh my god, I am so sorry!
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It was an accident, I swear!
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That's what they all say.
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You have a lot of women accidentally grabbing your butt?
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Not accidentally.
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Well, I would never touch someone without their consent, especially someone so wildly out of my league, which isn't even the point because I'm straight.
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I mean, I think I am.
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You're very funny.
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Really?
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Literally, no one thinks that.
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Well, I do.
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Now tell me a joke.
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The way she said it made it sound like she'd shoot me if I failed.
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Unfortunately, my brain supplied the stupidest joke ever created, and I was already laughing.
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Okay, wait, wait, wait, this is really good.
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Okay, so, why couldn't the toilet paper cross the road?
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Hmm, because it had a crappy day.
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No!
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Oh my god, that's actually funnier than the real answer.
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At this point, Vivian was laughing too.
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Then what's the real answer?
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I was fully crying now.
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The toilet paper couldn't cross the roof.
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Because it got stuck in a crack.
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Vivian burst out laughing while I practically folded in half beside her.
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And right in the middle of all of that, her silver purse slipped off the counter.
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I lunged automatically to catch it.
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But my other hand slammed into the brass railing running along the bar
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and the entire thing folded under my palm with a loud crunch.
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The sound rang through the ballroom.
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I looked down at the twisted brass in my hand, then back up.
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Vivian wasn't laughing anymore.
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How did you do that?
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Uh, I have no idea.
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Is this really brass or papier -mâché?
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Can I speak to management about this poor quality railing?
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Then I realized the purse had fallen open in my hands, and it was empty.
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Vivian's eyes flicked toward it before returning to me.
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Who did you say you were again?
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Before I could answer, one of her guards appeared beside her and whispered something quickly in French.
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Another guard stepped in and took the purse from my hands.
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Enjoy the rest of your evening.
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And just like that, they were escorting her away through the crowd.
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Adrian immediately went after them, but by the time he made it outside, she was already gone.
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Back at the hotel an hour later, I was busy destroying the minibar while Adrian ran the guy in the Navy tux through every database the agency had.
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No criminal record, no suspicious financial activity.
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He was just a chatty businessman at a gala.
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Maybe there was never supposed to be an exchange tonight.
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Our last operative was compromised by her men, so Vivian knows someone's looking for those chips.
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She's being careful.
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He pulled up a floor plan on the screen.
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She's staying in the presidential suite of this hotel.
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Tomorrow she'll be at a charity luncheon for most of the morning, surrounded by cameras.
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If she still has the chips, she wouldn't make the exchange there.
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So you're saying the chips would probably be in her room at that time?
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It's the best lead we've got.
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So the next morning, we watched Vivian sweep through the hotel lobby, and then we took a service elevator up to the presidential suite.
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Adrian had acquired a cloned keycard, which worked on the first try.
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But five minutes into our room search, we suddenly heard someone at the door.
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Before I could even react, Adrian had grabbed my wrist and shoved us both into a cupboard the size of a coffin.
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Through the crack in the door, we watched a giant bodyguard wander into the suite with a phone pressed to his ear.
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Sweet pea, I am listening to you, but Vivian sent me to look for her watch.
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He started opening drawers.
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No pumpkin, I just said Vivian is prettier on the outside, but you're prettier on the inside.
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Why are you offended?
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He sighed and sat down on the bed.
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Listen to me, baby.
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When I was 10 years old, my grandmother had two pigs.
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Oh god, he's starting from childhood.
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One pig was beautiful.
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The other pig looked like it had been smacked in the face with a baseball bat.
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I could actually hear the girlfriend screeching through the phone.
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No, see, the beautiful pig was mean.
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It was always biting people.
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But the ugly pig was kind and sweet.
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She took care of orphaned ducklings.
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That's the point of the story.
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What matters most is inner beauty.
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I nearly choked.
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And at that exact moment, my balance shifted.
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I grabbed Adrian, and before I knew it, we both hit the cupboard door and spilled out onto the floor.
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All three of us stared at each other as his girlfriend continued to scream.
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What the hell?
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And then suddenly, he was moving toward us very fast, going straight for Adrian.
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But I immediately jumped in and punched him in the face.
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The impact launched him backwards through a glass coffee table where he landed in a heap unconscious.
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You are a pig!
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Your mother and your sister are pigs!
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Go marry your beautiful pig, Vivian!
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And then she finally hung up.
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Adrian stepped over him and immediately resumed searching the suite.
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I followed him through the walk -in closet, weaving between racks of designer gowns, until he suddenly stopped in front of a safe hidden behind a row of evening dresses.
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If those chips are anywhere, they're in here.
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I'll have this open in two minutes.
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Ten minutes later, he was still trying every combination possible on the keypad.
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You're not very good at this.
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Yes, I am.
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I've almost got it.
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I don't think you've got it.
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And that mountain might wake up at any minute.
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Can I try?
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Adrian rolled his eyes and stepped back.
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I grabbed the handle and ripped the door clean off.
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Uh, you are genuinely terrifying sometimes.
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Aww.
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That wasn't exactly a compliment.
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I'm sure you've had a hard time finding a boyfriend.
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Okay, wow.
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So you're saying I'm some undateable freak?
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Oh, I didn't say that, but I mean, most guys would be scared of a girl who could put their head through a wall when she's angry.
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I'm not some violent, aggressive monster.
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Yeah, of course I know that.
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Look, let's just focus on the mission, okay?
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A - Black case sat inside the safe, and Adrian lifted it out carefully and opened it.
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Inside was a small device, and the screen flickered to life.
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Then a timer appeared for 40 seconds, and the device started to be...
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Adrian?
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He was already pulling apart the panels on the device, which revealed a mesh of wires underneath.
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That looks extremely bomb -like.
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It might be a bomb.
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Those are the worst five words I've ever heard someone say, and I have a really mean sister!
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Adrian was just staring at the wires.
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You don't know which ones to cut, do you?
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Give it to me.
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I'll just crush it.
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No!
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If it's pressure sensitive, it'll explode on impact immediately.
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Okay, okay.
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Then how about I throw it out the window, really far away?
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Then it would explode wherever it lands!
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Which won't be very far from us, so I don't see the problem.
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Look, maybe it's not a bomb.
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Then why is it ticking like one?
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Oh god, oh god, I'm gonna die in 20 seconds!
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Faith, calm down.
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I've barely lived!
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I haven't done anything great!
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I haven't even traveled!
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You just traveled to Paris! Or work!
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That doesn't count!
482
I've never had a boyfriend, I've never been kissed, and now I'm going to explode in a model's wardrobe with someone who called me an undainable freak!
483
Suddenly, Adrian looked up, and then he grabbed my face and kissed me.
484
For a moment, I forgot everything.
485
The world just seemed to narrow down to that moment, with us kissing like there was no tomorrow.
486
And then we finally noticed the beeping had stopped.
487
The timer had reached zero, and the screen flickered again.
488
Consider this a warning.
489
Next time, you won't be so lucky.
490
The message vanished and we heard a groan from the bodyguard.
491
Adrienne grabbed my hand and we ran out of there.
492
Back at the hotel, Sloane looked about as happy as you'd expect after hearing we were nowhere closer to finding those chips.
493
Tomorrow night, Vivian is walking the runway and it's her final event in Paris.
494
We have intelligence confirming the exchange is scheduled to happen before she leaves the city.
495
And worse, she fully knows we're onto her and she's playing games.
496
Figure out how she's planning to move those ships and stop her before she disappears.
497
She disconnected shortly afterwards, leaving Adrian and me staring at a table covered in surveillance photos.
498
And then something caught my eye.
499
Adrian, how many dresses did Vivian have in her closet?
500
Hundreds, probably.
501
Then why is she wearing the same one everywhere?
502
Look at this.
503
Gala, silver dress.
504
Charity luncheon, silver dress.
505
Another event, silver dress.
506
Why is she so attached to this dress?
507
Adrian just stared at the photo for a few seconds.
508
Then his eyes widened.
509
Holy cow, the chips are on that dress!
510
That is super smart!
511
And so are you, Faith.
512
You forgot super strong and super pretty.
513
I'm just trying to stay professional.
514
That made my heart sink a bit.
515
So, does that mean you regret kissing me?
516
I mean, I won't read a lot into it.
517
You thought you were dying and mine were the only pair of lips around and...
518
I didn't say I regret it.
519
We'll just talk about it after the mission, okay?
520
After discussing the plan for the next day, I headed to my room.
521
But sometime later, I remembered I'd left my charger behind.
522
I knocked on the connecting door between our rooms, but there was no reply, so I went in.
523
And I heard Adrian's voice from the bedroom.
524
I can't do this anymore.
525
You recruited Faith without telling her the truth.
526
You didn't even tell me the whole truth!
527
I stopped short when I heard my name, then inched closer.
528
He was talking to Sloane.
529
What are you talking about?
530
You know we recruited her to study her.
531
I got hold of the more classified files, Sloane.
532
You never told me what happened to her mother and the other test subjects.
533
Wait, what?
534
Those were not meant for you, and we are not discussing this right now.
535
What happens to Faith next?
536
What kind of experiments will she go through and how much will you really tell her?
537
Adrian, finish the mission and bring Faith home safely.
538
Then we'll talk.
539
And with that, she logged off.
540
What on earth is all this about?
541
And why were you talking about… my mom?
542
Adrian stared at me, then closed his eyes.
543
Start talking, Adrian!
544
He sat down on the sofa, then he took a deep breath.
545
Before you were born, your mother was working as a scientist on an experimental government program.
546
It involved creating a serum that could be injected into agents to give them enhanced abilities, like abnormal strength and endurance.
547
You mean… like I have?
548
Yes.
549
Your mother volunteered to be a test subject too.
550
But the project failed.
551
None of the volunteers showed any changes.
552
Then your mother got pregnant and somehow the effects got transferred to you.
553
They were only successful in your case, and we have no idea why.
554
So, is that what Sloan meant when she said she recruited me to study me?
555
The agency believes if they can understand what happened to you, they may eventually be able to recreate it to make more people like you.
556
Suddenly, everything clicked into place.
557
The scientists, the blood draws, the evaluations...
558
Wait...
559
What did you mean when you said Sloan never told you what happened to my mother?
560
I thought all along that the serum had no side effects, that it simply just didn't work.
561
But it turns out that most of the test subjects got sick.
562
Faith, I'm not sure your mom had complications during childbirth.
563
I'm afraid it might have been the serum.
564
My heart dropped to my stomach.
565
When did you find this out?
566
A few days before our mission.
567
I swear, before that, I really didn't know this program was dangerous.
568
But you did know all along that I was being monitored without my consent, right?
569
And you've even known about my mom for a few days now?
570
How could you keep it from me?
571
Adrian hung his head.
572
I was going to tell you everything, Faith.
573
I started storming off to my room, then stopped at the door.
574
I'll help with tomorrow's mission, because getting those chips still matters.
575
But after that, I'm going home.
576
All my life I felt like some kind of freak and then I thought you guys saw something special in me.
577
Well, turns out you did, but for very different reasons.
578
You just wanted to watch me and experiment on me like some lab rat.
579
I am not going to let you guys do that and if anyone tries to keep me by force, you all know what I'm capable of.
580
And with that, I slammed the door so hard, it cracked through the middle.
581
Adrian and I barely spoke the next day.
582
But by 8 o 'clock that evening, we were backstage at the fashion show.
583
And across the room, Vivian stepped onto the runway wearing the silver dress.
584
If she's planning to make the exchange, it'll probably happen after the show.
585
She'll change backstage and hand the dress off.
586
I'll go after the buyer.
587
You stay with Vivian.
588
As soon as the show ended, the backstage area erupted into chaos us.
589
Stylists and assistants rushed forward, models were throwing tantrums, garment bags were flying in every direction.
590
And for a few minutes, I could barely see anything.
591
Then we spotted her.
592
An assistant emerging from Vivian's dressing area, carrying a garment bag.
593
That's our transfer.
594
And before I could say anything, he was already moving through the crowd after her.
595
Just then, I saw Vivian emerge from her changing area, wearing a long black coat.
596
Then she I glanced around, adjusted the lapel, and I caught a flash of silver underneath.
597
Oh, for the love of God, she still had the dress!
598
Adrian was chasing a decoy!
599
I pulled my phone out to call him.
600
I realized I pressed it too hard and shattered the screen.
601
When I looked up again, Vivian was already headed through a side exit, so I took off after her.
602
The exit led into an underground parking garage, and Vivian was halfway to a waiting black sedan when she glanced over her shoulder and spotted me.
603
Oh, if it isn't toilet paper, girl!
604
I was hoping we'd meet again!
605
Yeah, yeah, me too.
606
Been dreaming about it.
607
No, gimme the dress.
608
Come on.
609
I like you, but not enough to strip for you.
610
I won't look, and I'll let you keep the coat.
611
You really are so adorable.
612
I wish I could just put you in my pocket.
613
And I hate that I have to do this.
614
She suddenly drew a knife from her coat and came charging at me.
615
I grabbed her wrist and jerked it
616
and the next thing I knew she was off the ground and flying into a parked car I'm, so sorry that wasn't on purpose You seem to say
617
that whenever we meet she jumped off the hood
618
and came at me with a flying kick Which I blocked
619
and sent her crashing into another car Please stop every time
620
I touch you you end up in a different car She grabbed a tire iron off the ground
621
and swung it at my head.
622
I caught it and the metal bent in half What are you?
623
The result of a science experiment, apparently.
624
I just found out, and I'm in a really bad mood.
625
Wow.
626
You are fascinating.
627
I would love to recruit you honestly, but I'm in a bit of a hurry right now.
628
And with that, she suddenly reached into her pocket and then pepper sprayed me in the eyes.
629
By the time I could see again, I saw her diving into the back seat of the sedan, and the driver slammed the car into gear.
630
As it accelerated toward the exit, I stepped into its path.
631
The driver leaned on the horn, but I didn't budge.
632
The sedan kept coming straight at me, and I reached out my arms just as it hit me.
633
The entire front end crumpled like it had just driven into a concrete wall.
634
And the sedan stopped so abruptly that the rear wheels actually bounced off the ground.
635
As the driver and Vivian stared at me in shock, Adrian came running into the parking lot with some police reinforcements.
636
Suddenly, I started feeling very dizzy, like my blood sugar was tanking fast.
637
And then I blacked out.
638
After several meals, an insane amount of orange juice, and almost 12 hours of sleep, I was finally allowed to leave the hospital.
639
Adrian still had a few days of paperwork to.. deal with in Paris, so we said our goodbyes at the airport, which was pretty awkward.
640
But once I'd taken off, I discovered Adrian had slipped something into my bag.
641
It was the classified file on my mother's research and self -testing, and I spent most of the flight home reading it.
642
Dad was super excited to see me, but Bianca wasn't around because apparently she'd gotten married behind my back.
643
I asked her to meet me at a cafe the next morning.
644
After briefly explaining where I'd actually been the past few months, I handed her mom's file.
645
She read it in silence, tears streaming down her face.
646
Wow, that's a lot to take in.
647
I wish I could sue the agency for this program.
648
But mom volunteered to be a test subject.
649
She signed the paperwork, fully knowing all the risks.
650
Bianca, I just want you to know, it's not my fault she's not here or I am the way I am.
651
Bianca squeezed my hand gently.
652
Faith, I didn't need a classified government file to know both those things.
653
I already knew.
654
It's just that it was so hard losing mom when we were kids.
655
And for a long time, I resented you because you were here and she wasn't.
656
It wasn't fair, and I should have grown out of it years ago.
657
I'm really sorry.
658
You've kind of been awful to me.
659
I know, really awful.
660
Like, dude, how could you get married without me?
661
Oh, please.
662
Weddings are really expensive.
663
I couldn't risk another one going bust.
664
We looked at each other, then burst out laughing through our tears.
665
A week later, I was walking home from the grocery store
666
when someone suddenly took two of my bags out of my hands.
667
I thought I was being robbed, so I spun around and drove an elbow into the person's chest.
668
Ow, Jesus Christ, Faith.
669
I think you've broken my windpipe.
670
Oh my God, Adrian.
671
I am so sorry, but why would you sneak up on a woman and steal her groceries?
672
The bags looked heavy.
673
I was only trying to help.
674
What, these bags?
675
For me, it's basically like carrying two sheets of paper.
676
Right.
677
For a second there, I forgot you're the Hulk and my chivalry kicked in.
678
And then you kicked in and, gosh, I'm gonna need a minute.
679
He sat down on a bench and I joined him.
680
So, what's been up?
681
Nothing much.
682
Just got my butt fired yesterday for leaking classified information.
683
I'm sorry about that.
684
Don't be.
685
It was the right thing to do.
686
What are you planning to do now?
687
I'm not sure, but I do know the agency isn't going to give up that program easily, and I want to stop them.
688
Maybe you can join hands with me in figuring out how?
689
You'd really do that?
690
And of course I will.
691
Good.
692
My more immediate plan was to finish a conversation we had in Paris.
693
Faith, I didn't just kiss you because I thought we were dying.
694
I've been wanting to kiss you for much longer.
695
I thought you only liked short brunettes.
696
I can't believe you fell for that.
697
Who doesn't like a blonde girl?
698
And with that, he pulled me in for a long kiss.
699
I was grinning from ear to ear as we started walking back home.
700
So, wait, I have to ask you something.
701
No. Who do you think is prettier, me or Vivian?
702
I'm not playing this stupid game.
703
It's a simple question.
704
Shut up, Faith.
705
Guys, Adrian's a chicken, so why don't you settle this for us in the comments?
706
Also, don't forget to like and subscribe.
707
All my life, people called me a monster because of what my hands could break.
708
But monsters aren't the ones who can break things.
709
They're the ones who feel nothing when they do.
710
I felt everything.
711
They felt nothing.
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Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| stare werkwoord | /stɛɚ/ | staren |
| chip zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃɪp/ | fiche |
| beside | /bɪˈsaɪd/ | naast |
| recruit werkwoord | /ɹɪˈkɹut/ | rekruteren, aanwerven |
| crack zelfstandig naamwoord | /kɹæk/ | barst, breuk |
| crush werkwoord | /kɹʌʃ/ | verpletteren, pletten |
| slam werkwoord | /ˈslæm/ | toeslaan |
| blond bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /blɑnd/ | blond |
| butt zelfstandig naamwoord | /bʌt/ | kont, achterste |
| spider zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | spin, kobbe |
| suite zelfstandig naamwoord | /swiːt/ | reeks |
| purse zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɚs/ | handtas |
| ignore werkwoord | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | negeren |
| pocket zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | zak |
| disaster zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | ramp, onheil |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| look up werkwoord | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | opkijken |
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen | |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | hou je kop, kop dicht |
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren | |
| back up werkwoord | teruggaan | |
| calm down werkwoord | bedaren |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | You've been ruining · have been observing · We've been keeping |
| Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolg | If it's pressure sensitive, it'll explode |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've heard · You've ruined · Haven't you ever seen |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was born · were born · were fixed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 188 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, I'd. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, thin /ˈθɪn/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: crush /kɹʌʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/
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