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"I think this is a sign from God," my half sister, Laura, told ed not to groan out loud She&039;d swung by for tea, showing up about twentythe queen, I usually woke up around 4:00 p sauteed)

As usual, she was indecently beautiful: about ht up in a sensible ponytail No makeup Tan capris and a faded blue oxford shirt Navy blue Keds, one black sock and one navy blue sock Big, gorgeous blue eyes framed by lashes that you usually only saw on little boys

I&039;d given serious thought to not inviting her to , because, bottom line, she looked better on her worst day than I did on my best Fortunately, I quickly came to my senses Well Six or seven days later, anyway

"Really, I think God is trying to tell you sohter of the devil went on (Have I ainst her oer) "You should take it as a sign I was praying over it just last night"

"Laura, what the hell are you talking about?"

She frowned "Don&039;t talk like that I&039; of the vampires wasn&039;t meant to be He could have picked any other ti, Laura" I ignored ly, crazily thirsty, and I didn&039;t give a damn "I don&039;t think he left me I think someone snatched him"

"But why? Why would so and be thankful he didn&039;t decide to pull this nonsense after you&039;d been married a hundred years By then, you&039;d have been emotionally committed"

"Laura, he didn&039;t run out on rees&039;

"Oh, her" Laura waved Sinclair&039;s most loyal friend aith her unmanicured hand "Another vampire What do you expect her to say? You&039;re always co that she&039;s more loyal to him than you"

That was true, I had confided that to Laura I never dreaetting real hard to hold on to my temper "She&039;s worried about him So am I"

"She&039;s a vampire She lies"

"I&039; the best you can"

"When you said you wanted to co plan?"

"I&039; for my hand I snatched it away "You need friends now, Betsy Besides your mother and a sick Jessica, I&039;m the only one left who really cares about you"

"Laura Darling? You&039;re so full of shit your eyes are brown"

She stiffened "Don&039;t talk like that"

"Then cut the shit Jeez! Did you really coe et about the man I love? Who&039;s either dead or captured? To blow off Tina, who spends all her ti to make our lives as comfortable and murder-free as she can?"

"God doesn&039;t want you to throith the ns"

"What the hell do you know about God, youpsychotic spawn of Satan?"

She was on her feet So was I "Don&039;t talk to me like that!" she shrilled, our faces only inches apart

"Or what? You&039;ll give me shitty, insensitive advice?"

"It&039;s not my fault that creature tricked our father, birthed me, then went back to Hell!"

"Well, it&039;s not my fault I&039;m a vampire who fell in love with a vampire!"

"You can control who you live and-and fornicate with I can&039;t controlWho&039;s The Biggest Sinner?"

"You chose to throw your lot in with him," she went on "I didn&039;t choose what happened to ly head, If not the wedding that&039;s bugging you, it&039;s the living in sin"

"It&039;s a sign," she repeated stubbornly "You&039;re blind not to see it"

A chilling thought occurred to me "Laura Honey? Did you snatch ht-shoord of yours?"

"I did not "

"I&039;ve seen your teh on that horse People usually die when you get pissed"

"They do not! Not real people, anyway And you&039;re one to talk, you have to drink blood to keep walking around You-and your kind-are abominations!"

"At least our socks match!"

"That&039;s it!" She threw up her hands "I&039;ood advice"

"Spurn this," I said, and gave her the finger

She looked like she&039;d found a minnow in her cereal, which was probably close to the expression on rabbed her shoulder and shoved her across the kitchen She bounced off the wall, hit the floor, but was back on her feet in half a second Just in tiainst the wall