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"Welcoether and her brow crinkled as if she was trying to fight tears She definitely wasn’t all s "We need to talk about the shoes"

"Shoes?" She shook her head and one fat tear slipped down her cheek

This wo tables I leaned over her and let all the rage I felt over Russell being attacked intoback from me Unbelievable

Behind me, the metal door opened and I turned as Derrick walked into the rooe The barrier spell blocked everything but sound, so we could talk, but he couldn’t enter and I couldn’t leave without an ordeal, as someone would have to dis that would call for that

"What’s up?"

Derrick frowned and I kneas bad news before he said anything

"I had her blood run The other waitress was right--she’s completely human"

That meant there was no chance she cast the spell on the shoes There was a player in this that ere ment and turned back to Vicky She’d curled up on the cot and I was pretty sure she was crying Did she even knohat she was doing? Well, I was about to find out Activating my lie detector, I walked back across the roo at work tonight"

She frowned at me "I don’t knohat you want me to say"

"They’re spelled Did you know that?"

Her eyes widened and she shook her head Which didn’t help me; my lie detector spell required her to speak

"Yes or no?"

"No, of course not What kind of spell?"

I glanced atthe truth She was as innocent as she acted I leaned back and let et them?"

"Um, I was in the hospital forWell, I was unwell, and one of my customers sent them with a note that said he hoped they’d make me feel better And they did When I wore theed to suppress any other sign of my impatience Now that I knew the witch who’d created this mess was still out there, I was anxious to find hiular"

That didn’t help me

"Eddy what?"

"Oh, ulanced over to see if Derrick was still in the room He was He nodded to indicate he’d heard the na my partner, he’d have the address and any information in the national witch database about this "Eddy" before the guard in charge of the circle released me