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After all... Even if nobody else knew about our plan yet, I was sure that Jason did. So it was entirely possible that he'd be watching the house tonight. And that would give him plenty of opportunities to get revenge against me. However, I didn't see why he would bother with something so petty though. After all, my death would be meaningless compared to the lives we could save. So why waste his energy on killing me when he could go ahead and eliminate the real enemy instead...? No matter what though, I'd keep my wits about me until we got to that point. Because I definitely wanted to live long enough to see justice served.

With those thoughts lingering in my mind, I stared blankly at the wall again as I silently pondered our current predicament. Then I shifted uncomfortably in the chair as I asked curiously, "How bad is James injured? Did they need to do surgery?"