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What did it mean? I wasn&039;t a detective, God knew And the people aroundThat was how I liked it I liked that Tina and Sinclair dealt with most of the shit I liked that another vampire looked after the other Fiends, that two other vahtclub, Scratch Shit, Jessica had even hired so, fucking, wedding planning, playing bartender in the kitchen with ain, with help

The answeringI scowled at it, then pressed "Play"

"Hi, Betsy Michael Wyndha up empty Completely cold trail The Pack members in the area haven&039;t seen either of the"

"Hi, hon It&039;s Moht want to know Laura&039;s here, if you need either of us Sotalk to you soon?"

My,thick as thieves?

"Hi, Betsy, it&039;s Marc Man, I hope you get this Anyway, call ht away" He left a phone number-not his own cell phone-with an unfamiliar area code

"Hello, Jessica It&039;s Don Listen, I set up that new tax shelter for you, I just need you to sign some paperwork I can coood seven figures, and as you say, you&039;d rather give it to charity than the government Your wish is this CPA&039;s command Call me"

Ah, Don Freeman, the sexiest accountant on the planet When he&039;d first con, and nobody expected a a-millionaire to co Shoulders out to here

"Betsy, why the hell haven&039;t you called ain Listen, callto worry? He sounded fine, not dead at all And not under duress I leapt for the phone, played his first ain, and punched in the number

"Pirate&039;s Cove Resort, Little Cayler? He left this nu"

Scuba diving?

"Can you hold on, while I check?"

"Take your tiritted teeth

There was a clunk as someone put the phone down

He was on vacation! Oh, I would kill him I&039;d eat him alive and then cut him into a thousand tiny pieces and then set each piece on fire Then I&039;d force the ashes to watch reruns of Survivor, Season 4 Then I&039;d-

"Hello?" Marc panted "Betsy? Is that you?"

"Sorry to interrupt your scuba-ing," I said coldly

"Oh, that was thisfor you to call back Listen, I&039;ve been trying to reach you for days"

"Yes, I know! What&039;s going on? Are you really in the Bahamas?"

"The Cayetaway of all getaways Cell phones are dicey, and so is their Internet connection We just had I wicked bad stor&039;s been for shit ever since"