"Do you think I did the right thing?" She put aside the papers, staring at him in earnest. "Should I have sent that boy to prison instead?"
"Honey, you couldn't have convicted that boy for crimes he didn't commit. You aren't built like that. Besides, you're not looking at the bigger picture here."
"What's the bigger picture, Kyle?"
"If this kid comes through, you'll have been responsible for taking down an international thief and murderer."
"How can we be certain she really exists?"
"Something put a smile on that lad's face, and it sure wasn't self-induced. She's real, all right. And we're going to nail her."
"I hope he doesn't get in over his head. He's just a kid."
"That kid has survived for ten years as a criminal. The first five he lived on his wits alone, surviving the streets. He's taught himself seven different languages, honed his accent to sound like a gentleman and has more silk shirts than Jay Gatsby."
Honoria smiled, raising an eyebrow at his literary allusion. Kyle rarely said things like that.
"I'd hardly compare him to The Great Gatsby, Kyle."
"Oh, I don't know. Gatsby was a self-made man as well and he acquired most of it illegally, just like Jason."
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