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"It was unreal," I announced "Totally, massively unreal Honestly, I was afraid to take ot over it and she was as nice as chocolate pie again"

"Huh Did scarybesides the evil hair and colored contacts Oh, and she gorged herself on four more muffins"

"That is evil"

"I know! She&039;s as thin as a stick"

Jessica handed George a navy blue skein of yarn We were in the basement, where she had fixed up his little concrete room with curtains (duct-taped to the walls), a mattress, lots of blankets, and about sixty pillows An entire corner of the rooe only knew one stitch Still, the fact that he was stitching and not stabbing was a relief

He didn&039;t seeh ere careful-she was never alone with hiularly, he didn&039;t even sniff in her direction So she read to hiht him yarn, teeneral found hi on his own I&039;d borrowed lots of clothes for hih he refused socks and underpants He took the yarn she offered, slipped off the paper covering, and started to roll it into a ball

I finished Noxeot dirty faces just like everyone else Those little disposable towelettes were a godsend; I kept a ton in uess we&039;ll have to keep an eye on her"

"You didn&039;t figure that out after the mysterious weapons of hellfire?"

"Yeah, but now I really want to keep an eye on her I reat that she turned her back on her destiny-"

"But can you really?" Jessica asked quietly

"Exactly I ether, but-"

"Your inner whore would not be denied," she finished

"That is not what I was going to say"

"Sure," she sneered

"You know, you could go back to not talking toto the part in theScarlett up the stairs when the phone atOooh, Clark Gable! I was normally not a fan of facial hair, but he was the exception to the rule Those lips, those eyes! And the phone was still ringing Nuts I had to do everything aze still riveted to the screen "Hello?"

"Good evening, Your Majesty I hope you don&039;tyou in person, but there&039;s so much to do, I&039;m a little short on time"

"Who the hell is this?"