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I glared "I&039; I told hiht it was cool that I could do things other vaet, he wasn&039;t above using you to get what he wanted," she pointed out, her cheeks still shiny froh-tears

"Yeah, I know But he was never, you know, scared of the things I could do Just iht it was great that I killed Nostro and what&039;s-her-nareat that the devil is my sister&039;syou That&039;s what&039;s happened now"

"This thing-whatever it is-it&039;s made him scared of you"

I rubbed my eyes (pure force of habit; I had no tears) and nodded

"Okay, so you should apologize for keeping the secret and then you gotta wait for hiet over his bad self"

"Wait?"

"Honey, have you seen the man? Does he strike you as the type of felloho&039;s scared of anything, onna need soet used to the idea"

"Wh-how much time?"

"You&039;re immortal," she pointed out "What&039;s the rush?"

"But wedding stuff We&039;ve got to plan the wedding I can&039;t do it by ain"

"I can&039;t," I said, appalled all over again "Oh, I just can&039;t He&039;s got it in his head that-neverI absolutely can&039;t do is cancel it Full speed ahead on all wedding prep"

"Are you sure this horrible thing you&039;ve done, it&039;s not evil? What a, it&039;s Sinclair Evil doesn&039;t scare hiets off on it, in his heart of hearts"

"Trust me It&039;s not evil" Elizabeth, oh my Elizabeth you are sweet, you are like wine, you are everything I love you, there&039;s no one No one Probably never hear that again, so get used to the mental playback, babe "It&039;s the total opposite of evil I thought I thought it was kind of wonderful But he-he-"

I cried some ht that the one thing I could count on was Sinclair by my side no ht?" I asked, groping for a tissue, again out of habit I was snot-free "At the house? He didn&039;t move out?"

"Not that I know of, honey Probably just back to his old roos out" I stared down at the table, and Jess ss out ofit&039;s another You want ht?"

"Yeah, we could-no!"

"Oh, that&039;s flattering," she gruht Your date with Nick You can&039;t ently

"My ass!"

"And that&039;s one thing not on the date agenda," she said cheerfully "He ht have asked me out because he knows you&039;re taken-"

"A to do is talk about your ass Nor your tits, nor your scintillating personality-which, I gotta tell you, ain&039;t so great right now"

She was teasing and I s I&039;ll-I&039;ll find so doors on the east end of the kitchen whooshed open and Jon walked in like the world&039;s youngest gunslinger "Anybody up to tellinghis Sidekick

"Well," Jess toldup from her seat, "if whatever you did was evil, and I&039;h for ht about now"