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There was a long, perplexed silence, broken by N/Dick&039;s, "Was it insured?"
"We&039;re not putting in an insurance claim on the Book of the Dead," Jessica said firot it appraised"
"Where is it?" I couldn&039;t believe ht I&039;d have thisthe hounds on a book bound in huetthe Book of the Dead in the tub and forgot to put it back?" Marc asked, but if his expression was any indication, his heart wasn&039;t in the teasing He looked like I felt: rattled to the extreme
"Wait" I turned to Tina and ht? You didn&039;t follow me down the hallway to huh I will admit I have chased you from time to time, you are correct: there is a Book of the Dead in this ti So let&039;s think about this for a ?"
"I took it"
"Of course not I would have htaway" Sinclair looked as offended as I&039;d seen hi you"
"Getting laid," N/Dick volunteered with a grin He was recovering fro blow quicker than the rest of us Cops: they live in a black-and-white world He didn&039;t take it, he didn&039;t knoho did, he aiting for instructions, then he&039;d get back in gear Boom Simple
"As I said"
"I took it"
"Did any of you knoasus?" Marc said "There&039;s soon around here I don&039;t even notice when "
"Okay, first? Gross And second, what now?"
"No one could have broken in here and taken it," Tina thought aloud "Perhaps that other Marc secreted it so his presence known?"
Dimly, frootta find it!" I was trying, and failing, not to freak out What orse than having the Book of the Dead in your house? Not knohere the Book of the Dead was I&039;d al the carpets "Whoever&039;s reading it is reading it and going insane right this minute and maybe they don&039;t even know it because they don&039;t knohen they read it they&039;ll go insane! We have to save theood look for you," I told et all flare-y"
"I took it"
"When did we last see it?" Tina asked "If we can corroborate the last time it was here, we can then-"
"I took the Book of the Dead, you morons!"
We stared at the Antichrist Nobody spoke for a few seconds, until the Marc Thing wailed, "Naaaaughty!"