Well M'mam, I'm not very good with it either. I'm only here to buy
something for my boss because he couldn't be here, and that's it."
O'Neil looked everywhere, he was slightly agitated. "If you'd excuse
me..." And he went away.

" He sure is in a hurry." Logan said to Max, wondering.

" I know. I heard the other person's voice on the cellphone earlier.
It was this 'Harvey' guy, but this time he said Harvey James. They have a
date outside the place in one minute now." Max looked at Logan.
"It could be good to record this, you'd have pictures for Eyes
Only." Logan put his hand on his jacket right pocket and got out a
tiny camera.

" Well, whenever I go somewhere that I think could be interresting, I
bring my little 'special agent' friend here." He handed it to Max.

" I'm wondering sometimes where you find all this." She studied
it. " Does it work great without the flash?"

" Max. I wouldn't have gave it to you if it didn't."

" Right." She turned around to look at the clock. " OK, go
buy something and I'll be back. My guess is that we wont have to stay here
all evening." She made him a smile.

" Why? Are you in a hurry to go back?", he asked innocently.

"Maybe..." She turned her back on him and walked to the front
door.
She hide herself from them. O'Neil was outside with Harvey, and a third
person. Max recognised her, it was the girl from the street. She was
agitated, and there seemed to be animosity in the air. She listened to
them talking. The girl wanted more, but Harvey didn't want to give it to
her without being paid by O'Neil. Harvey had the vial in his hand and the
girl almost jumped on him to take it. 'OK.OK' said Brian, 'I don't want to
make a scene here. There, take this and I'll give you the rest later.' He
got couples of hundreds out of his wallet, handed it to Harvey, who then
gave the vial to the girl.

" Excellent!" Max thought. She tooks the pictures and got back
inside the room.

" So? " Logan asked her when she came near him.

"Everything we need, plus the names we have, Eyes Only's conquest is
done for tonight!" Please let it be done...

" Great. Now we better go, before anyone can draw us on paper!"

" Na...nobody will remember us." Well, not exactly, but...

They got into the car.
"You got very lucky the guy wasn't gay." Max said, teasing him.

"Yes!", he said laughing, "What was with the tie
anyway?"

" Bad taste if you ask me!"

" Very bad taste..."

" So, tell me what you bought!" 'I wonder how much he really paid for it.'

Logan raised an eyebrow.
"Why don't you tell me?" Go ahead, humor me...

" Okay, let me guess..." Max acted like she was thinking for a minute. "You
didn't took the silver statuette, not your style at all. My guess is that
you bought the African mural." She faced him, waiting for the answer.
He smiled.

" You're good...How did you know?" Logan asked out of curiosity.

" Even if it wasn't the most expensive one, as I first thought you
would take -you know 'pay the big price for charity', it was the most
humanist, and I knew you'd love it. Plus, your eyes were stuck on it when
I came back from outside!" She laughed.

" Ah!...and here I thought you knew me better than anyone..."

" I do."

Logan's and Max's eyes met and there was silence. They both looked
straight ahead, not knowing what would be the next step.

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