❝ we shouldn’t meet here again. it’s a security risk. ❞ at the very least, she thinks, they ought to choose a different cafe for their next rendezvous. lydia rodarte-quayle may believe herself to be a cautious woman, but anxious might be a more apt descriptor. cameron is not fond of public meeting places, let alone repeat haunts — she worries that eventually, lydia’s proclivity for the perceived safety of the familiar and the routine will come back to bite them both. in her experience, such established patterns make it too easy to track down her marks, and she has no doubt the businesswoman has enemies.
with others, she would elaborate further upon these concerns in grisly detail, though she retains her usual stoicism for her employer’s sake. she suspects that she would not appreciate it. regardless, they are already here, and cameron is not one to waste her words, nor anyone's time.
❝ — let’s talk about the job. ❞ she changes the subject with a reassuring smile, maintaining eye contact while she stirs a single packet of sugar into her coffee. ❝ what are your parameters? ❞
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