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As Sey at the kitchen table I have h-cholesterol meal He has on a brown robe and is fresh from a ware juice fro to reat wife," he says

"Thank you One day you&039;re going to irl have a nervous breakdown"

"You worry about me too much I just went to the movies God knohere you were" He picks up his fork and tests his eggs "Did you getpaper? You know I can&039;t enjoy my food unless I&039;m fully informed on current events," he jokes

I speak seriously "I a paper"

He butters his toast "What&039;s the matter? Did Suzama predict that I am the next messiah?"

"The scripture is authentic"

"You saw it?"

"A piece of it Suzama wrote it"

He puts down his butter knife "But how co on it?"

"I ith her most of the time, but not every second She could have written it on any number of days"

"But she didn&039;t talk to you about it? And you were her best friend?"

"She never talked about it to me But Suzama kept her own counsel I doubt if she spoke to anyone about the scripture But she left it in a place where it could be found--at a time she wished it to be found"

Sey you see it?"

There is an edge to his question

"Are you asking if I slept with his son?"

"I noticed you were talking to hiet lost"

"I didn&039;t tell you to get lost I told you to go have fun" I pause "I convinced both son and father that I have a similar scripture They want to see it soon"

"Great We can e it in the sun, then you can give lyphics" He pauses "It wasn&039;t a very inventive lie"

"It served its purpose" I frown "I will have to give the substantial to make them let me see the reive them me to use as a human sacrifice?"

"Stop that They are not such a bad bunch" Then I have to s with automatic weapons in the desert"

"They sound like a nice all-American cult"

"No, I don&039;t think they&039;re that, but they really do have guns I heard the Seters talk about the" I pause "But those guns ht come in handy"

"Why?"

"Kalika called"

This shocks hio"

"Did she call here?"

"Yes"

He has lost his appetite for his breakfast and sits, staring out the , his face pale In the dis?tance is the blue Pacific Only he and I kno red the water can run when it is diluted with blood Yet I remind myself that Seymour doesn&039;t remem?ber exactly what Kalika did to his

"How did she get our nuets what she wants"

"If she has our number she has our address She could be on her way here now"

I shake my head "If she just wanted to kill us, I don&039;t think she would have called first"

"Why did she call then?"

"She said she wanted to hear my voice"

"Like Hitler used to call home to talk to mom?" he asks

"She hasn&039;t found the child She wants me to help her find him"

"But you don&039;t knohere the kid is"

"She knows that Still, she seems to feel I can lead her to the Paula and the baby"

Sey

"You must have some idea what is so special about this child?"

I pour e juice I have drunk blood only three times since my rebirth as a vampire, and none ofI suspect, toward the end of his life, that Yaksha did not need blood at all to survive Still, it tasted good to e juice I now sip

"This child could be the one spoken of in the Suzama scriptures," I say softly

Sey?"

"No"

He is annoyed "That&039;s ridiculous All right, I believe in vampires I believe in you I even believe in your bad-tehter But I don&039;t believe that Jesus was just born in a hospital in Los Angeles I&039;m sorry but I can&039;t It&039;s too weird"

"Do you remember what happened to you after Kalika threw you off the pier?"

He hesitates "Yeah The water was freezing and I got hypothermia and passed out and you caain consciousness?"

"Up in the "