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It is ht, and to increase my chances of success I send Seymour away He&039;s only too happy to try to catch a late movie in Westwood Seymour, I feel, may hold h the son, Ja up a copy of Dr Seter&039;s book, The Secret of Suzama, on the back table for a ht-faced Jaood-bye to people He stands near the exit and thanks people for co hts up when he sees "

"You remember my name I am flattered" I pause "I am perhaps a little older than I look, and a little ypt, and would enjoy chatting with you and your father about the Suzama scrip?ture"

He doesn&039;t take me seriously "I&039;m sure that would be fun and informative, but my father has to catch a plane for San Francisco to early"

I catch his eye, put an ounce of heat behind my words "Maybe you could talk to hie of Suzama&039;s connection to Isis"

Ja will; he does not ies?tion

"I could talk to hi as he once was I worry about tiring him unnecessarily"

I do not want to push Jae him in some way Since my rebirth as a va I use it in small doses But I do not want Dr Seter to just walk away I decide to let a portion ofa drama of it, I pull James Seter aside and speak in hushed tones

"Your Suzama scripture is not the only one in existence," I say "I have another one, but I think it is different I would be happy to trade information with your father"

James pauses a moment to take this all in "You can&039;t be serious?"

I speak evenly "But I am If your father will meet with me, I would be happy to talk to him about it" I pause "He will knoithin aauthentic"

"He ant to question you before spending time with you"

I shake my head "I will not talk here about what I have found But please assure your father that I&039;m not a crackpot"

"Where do you want to meet?"

"There&039;s a coffee shop three blocks from the ocean near Ocean Avenue and the freeway I can meet you there in, say, half an hour"

That is the coffee shop where my beloved Ray came back to me, where he in fact returned to life He appeared just after I shot two men to death after they&039;d tried to rape me I was covered with a fine spray of blood at the ti ornament for dark delusions I have not been back to the coffee shop since, but for soht Maybe another phantom will appear to spice up my life Yet I hope not The pain of the last one is still an open wound for ht of Ray fillsht," he says, "you acted like you had no knowledge of Suzahten his tie "If you knehat I know, Janorant" I pause "Tell your father to co"

A half hour later I sit in the coffee shop across froood Actually it is good that they have co The doctor doesn&039;t look at me as if he expects to receive any divine revelation fro the apple pie and ice cream I&039;ve ordered for him When you&039;re a cute five-thousand-year-old blond, you can get aith y," Dr Seter says as he forks up a heaping piece of pie He has taken off the tie he wore to his lecture but otherwise he is dressed the saiving a lecture he has obviously given a thousand times before Briefly I wonder about histhe Suzaso The cost of his book is noh-priced seenda

"I a when I said I possess a manu-script of hers"

Dr Seter is amused "Where did you find this manuscript?"

"Where did you find yours?" I ask

"I have explained why I am reluctant to reveal that information"

"I have the same reluctance for the same rea?sons," I say

He returns to his pie He thinks I auess we&039;ll just have to enjoy the food," he says politely

I open his book to a photograph of a portion of the Suza on the ancient papyrus

"There are probably only two dozen people on Earth who can read this at a glance," I say "You are one of them, I am another This line says, &039;The secret of the Goddess is in the sixteenth digit of the h center It is here the ambrosia of bliss is e of the soul is revealed&039; I pause "Is my translation accurate?"

Dr Seter almost drops his fork "How did you know that? I don&039;t translate that line in the text"

"I told you, I am a student of Suzama"

James interrupts "Hoe know someone else didn&039;t translate the line for you?"

"Because I can give you information that must be in the portion of your scripture that you keep hidden, as it is in mine For example, I know of the four-word ht froit is really located I kno the first word relates to the heart, the second to the throat, the third to the head I kno the breath is synchronized with the ht of Isis is brought down into the human body"

Dr Seter stares at me, stunned "What is the four-word mantra?"