No Heart So Hardened
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“You are private investigator by moonlight?” [Gertrud] quipped, her accent thickening with laughter.
“I’d moonlight as one if I had the time,” Edward replied. “For now, I need part-time practice.”
“Fair,” Gertrud said, straightening her spine as she rose from the chair, "but I cannot pay you.”
“Payment’s in the pursuit,” said Edward, reassuringly. “Should we go somewhere else to talk?”
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- Part 1 of No Heart So Hardened
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Edward climbed onto the bed and settled beside him, taking an eager bite of stew. “Do you mean it?”
“Do I mean what?” Oswald asked, digging in. He'd missed his mother's cooking so much he could cry.
“That you won't, you know,” Edward said pensively, pushing his food around, “sleep with just anyone.”
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- Part 2 of No Heart So Hardened
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“Holy crap,” Bullock blurted, staring in glaze-eyed disbelief over Allen's shoulder.
“Hello,” Oswald said, enjoying the assembly's consternation. “I am Oswald Cobblepot.”
“You son of a bitch,” Bullock muttered, making a move toward Gordon. “You son of a—”
“Harvey,” said Jim, his voice low with warning as colleagues stepped in to restrain them both.
“You owe me an escort after all this trouble, Jim,” Oswald said primly. “Wouldn't you agree?”
“I'm not sure I understand,” Jim replied, looking Oswald up and down. “You're walking fine.”
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- Part 3 of No Heart So Hardened
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“That's my mother's handwriting on the back,” [Oswald] said. “Did she give this to you at the station?”
“The day she turned up looking for you,” Edward said, eyes drifting from the photo to Oswald.
“Why was this under your bed?” Oswald asked, his exhausted amusement scarcely contained.
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- Part 4 of No Heart So Hardened