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"Weweren’t anywhere.” I jut out my chin. “I’m going to leave andyou?Are going to be too busy looking for a change of clothes."
"A change of clothes?" Connor looks askance. "Why is that?"
How dare he look so relaxed, when he's upended my whole life? Not a hair out of place, not a wrinkle in his shirt… Hot anger flashes though my veins.
"Because ofthis." I jump up, grab the jug of water on the table, and pour the contents over his head.
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Connor
Classified Internal File: Case Study – Phoenix Hamilton
Subject Code: HPH-7869
Alias:“The Doctor”DocFever
Objective:Surveillance and Protection per Directive J.H.Subject to be protected at all costs.
ENTRY 4
•Stress Response: Displaces weight onto left hip. Touches base of neck.
Reaction Time: 1.4 seconds to visual threat stimulus (hand reach). Hyper-aware.
Micro-expressions: Forehead crease = truth conflict. Lip twitch = suppressed anger.
Attachment Pattern: Deflects praise. Reframes vulnerability as humor.
Psychological Markers: High empathy index. Martyr complex.
Personal Risk Profile: Elevated. Prefers to exhaust herself to avoid emotional confrontation.
Additional quirk: Medical speak in conversation.Fucking turns me on.
