“I think that I could be of some assistance” “What’s she gonna do?”
“I think that I could be of some assistance.”
“Yeah, you probably could be.” Emilia smiled thinly at Hero. In vain, she had been trying to reach a book on the highest shelf, but she simply wasn’t tall enough to reach it, and Hero was. “Would you mind grabbing that book for me? The one with the purple spine with gold lettering on it. Thank you so much.”
“What’s he gonna do?”
“I have no idea.” Emilia eyed the two young men fighting outside of the bar. “Probably beat the shit out of that other guy if we don’t do something.” She withdrew her cell phone from her purse. “Maybe we should call the cops?”












