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Dude,

Thank God, thank God, thank God, Betsy finally caht the cavalry I was torn between the urge to strangle her because she took so long, and hugging her because I was so relieved

Even better, they caught Laura practically red-handed, which was even better, because it saved a lot of time

Unfortunately, Laura not only wasn&039;t sorry, she wasn&039;t even defensive She seemed proud and happy that she had found a way to "help" Betsy, and the more she talked about the vampires she and her ot

I&039;ve never been particularly scared of Betsy, but Sinclair was a whole different story Even when he was pleasant, he could be sort of terrifying And he wasn&039;t being pleasant now

I et her ass out of here and take the baby with her-so fairly aas about to happen, and I didn&039;t want either of theet hurt

Jessica must have believed me, because she didn&039;t , the baby in the car seat, and left

Which left Laura, the devil worshippers, et a little on the violent side

When Betsy shoved one of the devil worshippers she gave his popped (you can always tell-she lisps, which is hilarious under ed to protect her minion Which is when the rest of thes had gone to shit I should never have suggested to Laura that she find ways to ith thewas rab Marc by the collar, ignore his surprised squawk, and bundle hihastly-pale, with dark circles under his eyes and at least three days of stubble Clearly he&039;d been under stress during our little sojourn to the Cape And no wonder, with the devil&039;s daughter cracking up right under his nose

As usual, things were happening so quickly I was having trouble keeping up Even as a bunch of jerks in hoods rushedthem out of the way

Which left ot even wider as I hit her around the thighs in a low tackle I knocked her backward a good four feet, and she slammed, back first, into the far wall of the parlor

"Betsy, have you lost your mind?" Crazy Lady had the nerve to ask "Get off !"

"What&039;d you do with Tina, nut job?"

"Oh, I like that! After everything I&039;ve done for you, you can&039;t even show ed on the word "Thank you for going crazy? For killing our subjects andhead through a wall"

"Like this?" she asked brightly and, cat-quick, she wriggled free of me, seized a yank of my hair, and drove me face first into the wall

My face blew up Or at least, that&039;s what it felt like My nose was already dripping, and I was pretty sure there was a piece of wallpaper in one of ether? You&039;re undead; she&039;s not You&039;re stronger and faster; she&039;s not

As I reminded myself of essential facts of nature, Laura picked me up like a ith a cub and heaved h the wall and spilled into the next room

I shook splinters out of my hair, wiped the blood from my face, and reassessed the situation Clearly, Laura had been keeping secrets Or had never coth

Which wasfault She was the Antichrist, after all

I&039;d even seen the breakdown co it out ofthe old va, catching a crooked cop,the price

Worse, I wasn&039;t paying it alone

"After everything I&039;ve done for you," Laura said reproachfully, standing and brushing bits of wall off her sweater "Clearly the undead have been a terrible influence on you"

"And clearly your mother&039;s been one on you"

As soon as it was out, I wished I could take it back Because right in front of my eyes, Laura&039;s ood sign

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