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"Uh-huh," Jessica said, s

"Hey" Our Marc waved casually "You&039;re back, finally"

"Yeah, well, I&039;ve been busy"

"So we hear" Sinclair had taken out a handkerchief (who still carried those?) and was tenderly wiping the blood offour friend&039;s soul"

"I&039; works in hell," I confessed "Think about itAntonia&039;s body was buried on Cape Cod But now her body is back here, alive It&039;s not her soul She&039;s flesh and blood again" Gah, didn&039;t I know it Mustn&039;tthinkabout bedrooe"I mean, how does that even work?"

Laura blinked "Huh I didn&039;t even think about that, Betsy That is weird"

"I have soon Sinclair since I&039;d climbed to my feet "And, u back to hell"

"No You are not"

"Okay, well, I&039;reat it turned out!"

"That," my husband said, "is why you didn&039;t wake up on the bottom of the Mississippi River"

"Please" I flapped a hand at hirim, but then leaned forward, pulled me into his aruess I was supposed to find that loving and co, but all it did was ," our Marc said, standing He backed out of the wine cell (I had decided the wine cellar needed a new name), which was s the whole tireed to be locked in with it, but protected hi did do soh "I&039;ll see you guys later"

"Don&039;t be a stranger!" the Marc Thing called with eerie, and inappropriate, cheer Hearing that raspy cold voice sounding high and enthusiasticmyself at another locked cellar/ cell door "Send etting mail!"

Marc pushed past me and I let him He&039;d had a look on his face I didn&039;t like, but understood He looked sort ofit was hard to describeunplugged? Sort of vaguely uneasy but also thoughtfullike he&039;d been given tons of info and was having trouble oing through

We watched hiht, I said, "It can be pretty terrible, finding out about terrible things that you haven&039;t even done yet which will o talk to him"

"Give hiht The Marc Thing probably blew his ht up on current eventsI can&039;t grow hair in new and gorgeous ways any? Perhapsa Justin Bieber?"

"Perhaps gross," I suggested

"Is Antonia really back fro It just seemsit&039;s incredible"

"She&039;s here," the Marc Thing said, "but she&039;s not here Antonia&039;s dead You just can&039;t help yourself, can you? You pretend you hate change, but it&039;s what you constantly bring us to"

"Pull the other one, Fang Tina, you haven&039;t even heard the whole story yet!" And wouldn&039;t for a while, since Laura and I were in full agreele dull detail I&039;d hit her with the highlights, e how cool and awesome I&039;d been in hell

"Then lead on" Sinclair courteously gestured to the stairs, bowing slightly at the waist The bow did nothing to hide his aale us, my own"

So that&039;s what I did That&039;s what killsabout after When I could bear to think about any of it at all

I did