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"I wasn’t expecting it to be"

Still, his hand stayed in place and we stood where ere "Thomas Malone was the PDH involved," he said "Did you know him?"

I shook my head

"Huh" Daniel seemed puzzled, even disappointed

"Daniel, there are over two thousand zole one"

"Sure, of course But--Well, you’ll see why I thought ht crew at a warehouse in Dorchester He and four coworkers have a Class B perhts a week"

A Class B perroup of zombies to leave Deadtown for work purposes Zombies are in de--just one can do the work of five hu plus: Labor laws don’t insist on pesky expenses like health insurance or e for zombies

Daniel showed me a list of nanize any of them, either

"So," he said, "Malone’s work routine was this: Each night, an hour after sunset, a van would arrive to pick up the crew The van ca order to send a driver twice a night: first to pick up the crew and then to bring theain before sunrise Besides the driver, the crew’s huht"

"The sponsor is employed by the warehouse company?" Even with a Class B work permit, zombies couldn’t leave Deadtown unless they were accompanied by a human

"Was He was shift supervisor"

Was Okay So the supervisor was one of the victims

"And that’s the van over there?" I pointed to a white vehicle that sat half on the sidewalk, its front cruht, Malone and the others left Deadtown as usual Records show they went through the Summer Street checkpoint at seven forty-six PM Hub Transit dispatched the van for the return trip at three fifty-seven AM Just past the intersection of Lincoln and Beach, Malone attacked the driver"

"And you don’t think it was bloodlust" Maybe he was mistaken It doesn’t take ht have chewed down a hangnail too far or gotten overzealous popping a zit

"I’m sure it wasn’t There were four other PDHs in the van We’ve taken a statement from each of them No one smelled any blood before the attack Malone was closest to the driver, sitting in the seat directly behind him, so I suppose there’s a chance he smelled blood the others didn’t catch But Malone didn’t act like a PDH in a blood frenzy"

"By which you ht Without any warning, he reached forward, gave the guy’s head a twist, and snapped his neck"

And that would be how the van ended up accordioned against a streetlight

Daniel continued "The supervisor, as in the front passenger seat, tried to take control of the van Malone got his hands around the guy’s neck and choked the life out of hie hiuy?"

"That’s e understand"

Wait--the police didn’t know for sure? "He’s still on the loose? I thought you guys had hi around the city,off Deadtown In his place, I probably would have avethe story"

"All right" But I ondering why he’d calledto indicate demon activity De about Malone"