Choosing a booth, Cade told the waiter to bring him one of the lunch
specials. As the waiter left, Mandi came to stand by the booth.
"Mind if I join you?"
"Have a seat. Want me to call the waiter back?"
Shaking her head as she sat down, Mandi said, "No. I'll order a coffee or
something when he comes back."
For long moments, the two of them simply matched gazes across the table,
then Mandi said, "There are only two in Vegas. There are a few others elsewhere
around the country."
When Cade said nothing, Mandi asked, "Since you didn't ask about male
convertees, I'll..."
"I don't give a rat's ass about the men," he interrupted, "I want to know
about the women. Got any in Florida?"
"No. Georgia. They work with the Center for Disease Control and other
agencies. In fact, they've been working with another NIA branch this weekend. As
backups, you could say, in case more happened than I could handle at once. One
of them was even in the look-alike contest."
Sipping his water, Cade said, "Fascinating. Did you convert any of them
without asking first?"
With a sigh, Mandi said, "NO, and you said 'done is done', as I recall.
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