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The Kid tapped a tablet, bringing up a still shot fro into the black cab limo He pointed to the driver "His name is Alonzo Nubbins He owns a car service that caters to va hiive ht want to pay him a visit" He pointed to one of the unknowns in the car "I’ht red hair because it ht"

I leaned in Molly’s a redhead She htened her hair And then I realized how stupid that was Molly was not tied in tofor straws I was starting to panic about my best friend

The Kid said, "The other one looks like a dude, with a nose ring"

Once he pointed it out, I could ressive piece of jewelry

"Fro the chick’s a vamp, and was turned when she was about fifteen He ih the words he used were ‘like she was a ? Like, a real classy chick’" I ed a partial smile, but I didn’t think it fooled Alex at hisabout, but I’"

"How many redheaded vamps have lairs or hoet a na on Mo-- On the fa new I e, but it’s a lot of work to locate the right floor and right day without access to their dedicated syste The plates froot into were hard to trace because your source didn’t give you a state for the rental agency The car was rented out of Galveston, Texas, seventy-two hours ago"

My forehead crinkled in surprise Texas? Leo didn’t rule Texas I didn’t knoho did, but it was in a database somewhere The Kid went on "Within an hour, but not on the same credit card, two buses were rented, all va to do with the lied "I can’t rule it out, so I included it in ure out what Texas had to do with anything in New Orleans "Find out which vamp rules Texas," I said "I’ll ask Bruiser to look into who came here and who is on Leo’s territory Va into another varounds"

The Kid snorted at the terht of land--space filled with humans to hunt and drink

"I’m supposed to be at va," I said "I’ll go alone You and Eli keep working And maybe send Eli to the black cab lihed softly and looked up atbrother could probably get all the info we need"

"Tell him no broken bones, no blood, no witnesses--real or electronic"

"Hht about the way Eli acted around me--no char, most of which had dried up now that children were on the preht about the way he had handled hier had skills that were vastly underused "Okay Yeah Eli can charm Alonzo" I drank my tea and the spicy warmth eased so Evan ca atroom EJ, unimpressed by his father’s size and attitude, raced to hiuy, nohis sister’s doll) was hanging on his pants derin off my face, but Evan clearly knew the picture he presented wasn’t overly formidable; he heaved a breath at lost opportunity and lost ot anything?" he asked after EJ kissed hied on his beard

I pointed to the couch "Angie, will you watch your brother for aup fro a Disney filof coffee and a package of cookies that he had brought in the travel supplies Old-fashioned Fig Newtons, which I hadn’t had since I was a kid I bit into one as Evan lumbered back to the kitchen and sat down He slurped his coffee and said, "You’re about to pissin a circle on the tabletop It e for Leo that Molly was in town andso far It’s been three hours and no reply"

"I’ll bust--"