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"Whats going ?n?" M?r??? ??k?d, coming t? ?t?nd n?xt t? Kn?x.

"Hmmm..." Knox b?r?l? ?n?w?r?d.

"Kn?x?" M?r??? ??k?d again.

"Sk? w??n't h?r? ?nd ?h? i? u?u?ll? ?t ?ll my ?v?nt?."

"Sh? ?r?b?bl? just g?t called away ?n something else," M?r??? said.

"Y??h, probably." Kn?x w?? thinking ?f asking f?r h?r ?t customer ??rvi?? but th? last thing h? w?nt?d to d? was cause a ?r?bl?m. H? didn't w?nt to get Sk? in tr?ubl?.

"W?nn? grab some lun?h?" Marcos ??k?d. Th?? started t? m?v? ?w?? fr?m the l?ung?.

"Sur?," Kn?x ??id.

Th?? ?t????d ?ff the ?l?v?t?r into a ?r?wd?d m?in l?bb?, ?? ????l? made th?ir w?? t?w?rd? the m?in restaurant. Kn?x ?nd M?r??? bl?nd?d int? th? ?r?wd ?nd th?ir presence didn't ??u?? any ??mm?ti?n.

"H??, I'm gonna ?h??k ?n ??m?thing real qui?k," Kn?x said ?? th?? ?????d th? ?u?t?m?r ??rvi?? d??k. "G?t us a t?bl? ?nd I'll ??m? find ??u." H? didn't w?it f?r ?n ?n?w?r b?f?r? he walked ?w??.

Knox r???gniz?d Jules ?? h? moved t?w?rd? th? desk and ??ll?d out h?r name. "H?? Jul??."

"H?? Kn?x," she ??id.

"Have ??u ???n Sk??" h? ??k?d. "I ju?t had a qu??ti?n ?b?ut th? fin?l ??n??rt."

"I saw h?r this m?rning. I thought ?h? w?? at your song writing l????n," she ??id.

"N?, ?h? wasn't there."

"Th?n I d?n't kn?w where ?h? i?," Jules ??id with a ?m?ll frown. "Sorry."

"It? ?k??." He m?v?d t?w?rd? customer service. "Hi, I was w?nd?ring if ??u could tell me wh?r? Sk? B?nn?tt i??" h? asked th? girl b?hind the d??k.

"Wh?t is this ?b?ut?" th? girl ??k?d.

"I h?v? a qu??ti?n ?b?ut some details f?r the final ??n??rt," h? said. "I'm Kn?x Hamilton" he ?dd?d.

Th? girl gave him a ?mil?. "I kn?w wh? ??u ?r? Mr. Hamilton," ?h? said with a ?m?ll l?ugh. "I d?n't know wh?r? Sk? is at th? m?m?nt. But I ??n find someone ?l?? t? ?n?w?r your qu??ti?n."

"No, that's ?k??," h? said. H? h?d ???tt?d Johnny w?lking b?hind th? ?u?t?m?r service d??k.

"H?? J?hnn?," h? said. H? followed him through th? door b?hind th? d??k ?nd int? a set of ?ffi???.

"H?? Knox, whats up m?n? Technically, ??u ?r?n't suppose t? b? b??k h?r?," h? ??id, realizing Kn?x w?? following him t? hi? desk.

"I just have a quick question," Kn?x ??id. "D? ??u know wh?r? I ??n find Sk?? I h?v? a qu??ti?n ?b?ut th? fin?l ??n??rt I need t? ask h?r."

"I'm n?t sure wh?r? Sk? i?. But I ??n find ??m??n? to ?n?w?r your question," Johnny ??id.

Knox tri?d t? hid? hi? fru?tr?ti?n. "No, it? fin?," h? ??id. The d??r behind J?hnn?'? d??k ???n?d and a t?ll It?li?n m?n in his early fifti?? ?t????d out t?lking. He ?t????d mid-??nt?n?? wh?n h? noticed Kn?x ?t?nding th?r?. R???gniti?n spread ??r??? hi? f???.

"Mr H?milt?n, what ??n we d? f?r ??u?" he ??k?d in a professional t?n?.

Knox ?t??d a littl? ?tr?ight?r, r??lizing h? w?? t?lking t? ??m??n? with ??w?r. "I just h?d a qu??ti?n ?b?ut th? fin?l ?h?w," he ??id.

"I'm sure we ??n giv? you ?n answer," the m?n ??id in a g?ni?l t?n?. "Wh? d?n't you ?t?? into m? ?ffi??." Th? m?n ???n?d the door for Kn?x. "I'm Louis G?l?nt?." H? ?ff?r?d Kn?x hi? hand before h? t??k hi? ???t behind th? d??k.

"Kn?x H?milt?n," Kn?x ??id, even though it w?? ?l??r L?ui? ?lr??d? kn?w who h? was.