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Chapter 44

It was the next afternoon, late-close to five o&039;clock Sinclair was up and working on the laptop (all the shades were drawn, natch) I waswhat er I&039;d have to stay on the Cape to prevent a paranormal war

"That&039;s odd," Sinclair said

"What now?"

"You&039;ve got several e-mails from Marc Ahthirty at least And ," he added in a rammar and acronyms," I muttered I was so not in the mood

There was a polite rap at the door, and when I opened it, Derik and Michael were there

"Okay to co a littleat Michael "It&039;s his house"

"Yes" Michael smiled atroo to knoas up, excused hi, there was no privacynot ere only twenty feet away)

"I, uh, wanted to apologize," Derik said stiffly "About before"

"You don&039;t have to"

"I do have to, not least because if I don&039;t, it&039;ll get hed "When is she due?"

"Any second"

"Yeesh" I&039;ve ht? "Well, good luck with all of that"

"I wanted to tell you that the Council is satisfied with your testimony and thanks you for your cooperation"

I was silent I wasn&039;t the smartest woman in the world, but even I could smell Derik all over that one Sos instead of four, he had fixed things with the Council

"Thanks," I said "I&039;lad the Council is satisfied"

"On ame the friendliest smile I&039;d ever seen, "my home and my lands are open to you and your husband anytiain soon"

"Oh Well, thanks" "Thanks" see-time inadequate, but it was all I could come up with

Poof! Just like that, our troubles were over It was hard to believe that we could just pick up and leave without olf repercussions

Sinclair rapped politely, then came into the room and handed me a hard copy of one of Marc&039;s e-mails It was such a disaster it actually hurt rrrl Laura&039;s LHM and IDKWTD!!!!! Please you have to GYBBH ASAP! I aht now please please coe over and over"

I rolled my eyes "Who can make heads or tails of this? Maybe we should call him"

"I have been Nobody answersand I can&039;t reach Tina"

Huh That was odd Tina was available to Sinclair at all times

Derik peeked over "

"What?" I looked at the gibberish "You mean you actually understand this irl Laura&039;s lost her et your butt back hoht now Please, please come!&039; "

There was a short silence as Sinclair and I locked gazes He looked as horrified as I felt

"Oh ht now-oh my God, what&039;s she done? Did she lose it and kill Tina?"

"You&039;ve got trouble at ho our ti we can do to help?"

"I&039;ll come with you, if you want," Derik offered