Mandy was a bundle of excitement and slight embarrassment as she thought back on her past actions. Luckily, Josie was the forgiving type. Josie really was a gem!
As they made their way further inside, Percy lit up with a smile when he spotted Josefina. That was until he noticed Mandy tagging along, and his enthusiasm dimmed a bit.
“Josie, good to see you,” he greeted.
“Percy, I want you to meet my cousin Mandy. You mentioned yesterday that you needed an assistant, so I brought her along to help out.”
Percy was momentarily taken aback. This wasn't exactly what he'd envisioned. But he always trusted Josie's judgment.
“Hi, I'm Mandy,” she said, extending her hand with confidence.
Percy shook her hand politely. “Percy.”
Just like that, they were introduced, and more importantly, they were now partners in a way.
“Mandy, hang tight here for a bit. Percy and I need to hash out a few things. Feel free to look around, just don’t stray too far. Once Percy is free, he’ll show you around.”
“Sure thing, Josie, I'll stick around here,” Mandy promised, not planning to wander off.
...
Josefina headed into the office with Percy right on her heels.
“Josie, we've uncovered something major. We've received intel from Japan about some seriously unethical experiments happening at a research base there. They're reportedly creating a bunch of identical test subjects.”
Josefina was shocked. These people were audacious!
After a moment, she said, “This reminds me of that spy case that was all over the news recently, and those folks infiltrating the elite circles. Could they be trying to clone a key decision-maker?”

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