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And we were about to leave, and these guys with guns... they came out of this helicopter.
The idea there came when we were about to do the double exhibition.
literally a few minutes ago, I was greeting you, everything was sunny and we were about to make a fuss of you.
Sir, we were about to destroy our target when a drone flew over us and took it out.
And we were about to split millions of dollars between us.
This is what he planned from the beginning... to take the case away just as we were about to solve it.
And just as we were about to kiss...
Last night we were about to accuse... Murder.