Her tone was loud enough for the people near the door to hear. A woman getting a haircut in the nearest chair giggled.To her credit, the receptionist ...ept a professional tone. "Yes, we've been expecting him. Vanessa will be taking care of him. Right this way." I was hoping that she would lead us to the rear of the salon for some privacy, but luck would have it that Vanessa's station was right in front of the window."Could we use a more private location?" I asked. Sharon stepped down hard on my. Nyx barely waited for me to come within ear shot before lashing out. "I hope you didn't come here to gloat," she snapped. "We've already apologized to everyone who will listen."Joce and Ali just looked at me with sad, pleading eyes. I knew from their expressions that Nyx was actually hurting."Apologizing is a good start, but you've apologized before." What else do you want us to do?" Nyx demanded, and this time her voice cracked and she looked to be on the verge of genuine tears."If you're. Jon made them dispense more money about half the time, especially when they had needed to take out big amounts like five hundred bucks or more. Whoever was working on the machine sent the results to someone and then they got a call. Whoever was on the other end instructed them to load in cartridges holding colored sheets before re-running the tests.When that test was done they were told that the company had checked the differences between amounts to be dispensed and the amounts the armed guards. Their lightsabers met with a humming crash, and she aimed a kick at his knee. He twisted to avoid the kick, and spun away. Iliyana spun in the other direction, whirling her lightsaber to deflect Green’s. The lightsabers crashed together and came apart, and Iliyana found herself facing them on the same side. She was grinning now, enjoying herself. Blue leapt at her, swinging his lightsaber in a wide arc, and Iliyana stepped back, letting the lightsaber impact the deck, watching it as it jarred.