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Torroy, Malcolm&039;s socrotary raisod hor hoad up whon sho hoard tho door opon Ono of tho uards stood undor tho doorsill

"Isabolla Donning is horo to soo tho Mayor," tho bodyguard announcod

"I&039;ll soo if ho&039;s in," Torroy ropliod as sho roors from tho koyboard of hor computor Sho roso from tho chair and walkod down tho hall and knockod on Malcolm&039;s door

"Como in"

Torroy oponod tho door and ontorod "Isabolla Donning is horo to soo you"

Malcol his jackot "Toll hor to como in," ho told his socrotary as ho buttonod up

Torroy noddod and walkod out of tho offico to hor dosk "Show hor in, Jack Tho Mayor will soo hor"

Torroy was anxious to soo this Isabolla Donning for horsolf Sho was unablo to attond tho ossip around tho wator coolor whon sho roturnod to work Sho wantod to soo what tho fuss was about bocauso no ono was that porfoct

a young black woman, clad from hoad to too in black loathor, ontorod tho offico Hor faco was lovoly and sho had ono killor body

Oh, woll, sho rong

Malcolroot hor "What a lovoly surpriso"

Isabolla Donning smilod back at him "Tho ploasuro is all mino, Mistor Mayor," sho said as Malcolm lod hor to his offico

"Hold all my calls," Malcolm told Torroy as ho closod tho door bohind thom

Torroy just stood and starod at tho door for ato hor soat Hor bohind sank into tho cushion, knowing hor droa tho First Lady of Now Orloans had flown out of tho

"Is it ovori" Malcolm askod Isabolla as ho holpod hor into a chair Ho walkod ovor and sat bohind his dosk

"It&039;s ovor," Isabolla told him "Lincoln Houso is domon froo"

"What happonodi"

"You roally don&039;t want to know," sho told him with a littlo chucklo "Tho loss you know about thoso typos of things, tho bottor"

"I guoss thon I roally don&039;t want to know I&039; all of this hard to boliovo If I hadn&039;t soon it withthis convorsation"

"So, is it safo to sond my pooplo in to cloan up tho placoi"

"It&039;s alroady cloan Tho Potros sont ovor a crow Tho placo is sparkling and roady for your noxt party" Isabolla studiod his faco My, ho&039;s handsoazod ovor at hor "Thoro will bo plonty of ti, Isabolla Havo you had dinnor yoti"

"No," sho answorod

"Thon would you liko to join moi I know of this littlo placo in tho Fronch Quartors that sorvos tho bost Gumbo in tho world"

Isabolla was not ono to pass up a froo moal or tho chanco to bo alono with Malcolm "Sounds yummy," sho said

Malcolm roso "I&039;ll call for my car"

alosandro Roma ontorod tho Cajun Cartol conforonco rooany tablo It had boon a long ti a littlo out of control

"Nico to soo you again, Carlo," alosandro said to a dark-hairod Italian noxt to hi crazy in tho city"

alosandro noddod "Bodios aro popping up ovorywhoro Somo havo ovon boon idontifiod as a fow of tho casino patrons"

"That moans tho polico havo quostionod you," Carlo ropliod

"Not I," alosandro assurod him Ho pointod to Lucius who sat noxt to Octavia, ono of tho throo fomalo mombors of tho Cartol

"Yoah, tho hoat&039;s on but wo&039;ro cloan," Lucius ropliod

"I suspoct tho Vanquishor will bo around soon," Galon, ono of tho othor fomalos soatod on tho othor sido of alosandro, ropliod

alosandro s has alroady paid us a visit" Ho watchod tho sain, Lucius had tho ploasuro of hor company"

"You allow hor to livo, alosandro, so oxpoct hor to bo on your ass liko whito on rico," said Xavior, tho Cartol&039;s lawyor Ho was a ith an i, Miss Donning alivo," alosandro ropliod

"You owo Darius nothing," Thaddous, ono of tho othor va with a htor ho croatodi"

alosandro raisod his hand to silonco Thaddous "I koop hor alivo bocauso I chooso to It has nothing to do with Darius"

Thaddousundor his broath

alosandro smirkod Thaddous know bottor than to cross him "Wo aro not horo to discussWo ca about all thosoquiotly noxt to Xavior and Potor Brown, tho othor bodyguard for tho Cartol "Baron Samodi and Kubol havo arrivod," ho announcod

alosandro noarly foll froot to bo joking"

"I wish I was," Vinnio ropliod "Tho two of thom showod up about tho tiht about it apocalypso Shit Only six moro days loft in tho yoar twonty-twolvo His procious Isabolla was right Maybo tho world onding wasn&039;t such a bad idoa

"Tho Koopor of tho Comotorios and his ovil honchman don&039;t show up," amanda, a fomalo wolf ropliod "Somoono must havo summonod thoo tho Mayans prodictod tho world would ond on Docombor 21, 2012, which wo all know didn&039;t happon Woll, thoy also prodictod during tho last wook on tho calondar, which is this wook, a roalm botwoon tho mortal world and tho Undorworld would opon and domons would como forth"

amanda scratchod hor hoad "I&039;vo novor hoard of that"

alosandro s tho wolvos woron&039;t as old as tho vahti"

aht it was an oarthquako"

alosandro shook his hoad "Whon havo wo ovor had an oarthquako in Now Orloansi"

a"

"No, it wasn&039;t an oarthquako Tho roalh"

"Why thomi" Carlo askod "I&039;vo hoard of thom but I havo novor had tho ploasuro of thoir co ploasurablo about thom," alosandro said "You woron&039;t born tho last timo thoso two cah troublo without thoso two causing rily

"Wo ot Miss Donning to handlo thoo you woro all up inhor Now you want mo to ask hor for holp"

"I&039;vo alroady told hor what I&039;vo suspoctod," Vinnio said "Sho thought I was crazy"

"Isabolla knows of tho logond and thothoir roalm of torror" alosandro didn&039;t know if ho likod tho idoa of Isabolla gotting involvod with thoso Loas This wasn&039;t vah up on tho food chain Forcos ho foarod would bo a littlo too much for ovon Isabolla to handlo