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"So that&039;s the really bizarro thing," I told the baby monitor "She&039;s not this incredibly evil creature out to rule the world She&039;s a perfectly nice college kid An education arten when she grows up If you cut her, she&039;d probably bleed maple syrup

"So anyway, on the one hand that&039;s a relief, but on the other, I can&039;t just let her run around being unconsciously evil I guess I better tell her One of these days And how do you tell someone that their h to tell her the Ant was her et what the Book told uess it&039;s a she-she&039;s supposed to show up to Laura, poor thing, and to me &039;In all the raiments of the dark,&039; whatever that ht?"

Silence Was Jess even listening to her baby e, but who really knew?

"Right," I finished "Well, so that&039;s what&039;s been going on That and there&039;s a Fiend living in the base the day In fact, don&039;t go down there altogether Listen, if you want to meet Laura, just letme over for supper pretty soon And Sinclair, unfortunately, but I&039;ll worry about that later Well, &039;bye"

I snapped the monitor off and just sat at the kitchen counter for aTina came in and nodded respectfully; I sort of waved at her and kept with the pondering

Jessica was still mad and worse, scared She&039;d been mad before, plenty of tihts) at a tith, loudly, how and where I&039;d fucked up, repeat as needed

My sister was running around the caoing to try to take over the world one of these days Sinclair was still giving me frostbite every tinant Only Marc seeed by it all and, frankly, with his work schedule, he had never been around all that in with

My cat Giselle walked into the kitchen, ignored both of us, and headed to her bowl I didn&039;t bother trying to pet or cuddle her Giselle and I had a strict working relationship I worked to feed her, and she worked on ignoring o by when I didn&039;t see her I made sure she had food and fresh water, and she ate and drank and did her own thing

Well, at least so sucks," I announced "Again"

"I&039;lanced up froun nut, that one "I&039;ain"

"All right again? Tina, when has it ever been all right?"

"A poor choice of words," she ad upside down, I could see the title of the article: "Tracking Antelope in Big Sky Country"

"And as nutty as everything is, I&039;ve got the nagging feeling I&039;ht "What the hell is it?" Monique? Dead Sister? Friend Scratch? Still in the red But that reminded me-Monique had hired a bunch of pimply faced vampire killers last su to cut otten about them "What are the Blade Warriors up to these days?"

"Jon is still at his parents&039; farm, Wild Bill is out of town at the SciFiConBiTriCon, and I have no idea what the others are doing Frankly," she ad to stake us, I instantly lost interest in their activities"

I could relate "Except for Ani," I said slyly

Tina so our separate ways, but she was a very charirl who has ht? Don&039;t answer Okay, so it&039;s not that What is it?"

"Well, you were planning to shop for new shoes for Andrea and Daniel&039;s wedding," she pointed out "With all the goings on, perhaps you haven&039;t had-"

"Andrea and Daniel&039;s wedding!" I nearly shouted, then rested my forehead on the cool marble counter "Aw, fuck a duck"

"I take it you&039;ve reotten?"

"When is it?" I asked hollowly

"Halloween A week from tomorrow"

"Swell" Jessica was supposed to help me shop Maybe I&039;d turn on the baby reatit Not that I could bla old

"Aha!"

"I tre! You know, one of the few people on the planet who don&039;t think I&039;m scum"

"Majesty-"

"Don&039;t bother, Tina And don&039;t ht now"

She smiled sy out Who could resist you for long, my queen?"