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"I’ haul," he said gently He looked at Brent oddly, Nikki thought Maybe, whether he believed in ghosts or not, Massey was hoping that Brent would co for him

"It’s late for you to be out, isn’t it?" Brent asked Massey casually

"Couldn’t sleep I’m not due in for hours, but…"

"I couldn’t sleep, either," Mitch said "Strange night, huh?"

"Maybe there’s soroup in here not too long ago," Massey said

Nikki was both startled and curious "Who?"

"The handso around with you, for one," Massey said

"Julian?"

"Yep He was over in that corner" Massey pointed across the room The opposite corner was very private "He ith a woman so I didn’t intrude"

"Who else was here?" Brent asked

"That pseudo French wohtest indication of distaste

"Pseudo French woman?" Mitch said, puzzled

"Madame?" Nikki said "She’s nice, even if she’s not really French," she said, laughing "Her place is wonderful Haven’t you ever gotten anything there?"

"Her prices are a bit high, if you ask me" He pointed "Looks like they just served more food over at your table"

"My sandwich," Mitch said

"Well, we’ll see you, Detective," Nikki said

"Yep You know, callat all Thanks," Nikki said

She realized only after she followed Mitch back to their table that Brent had lingered and slid into the booth opposite Massey The tere talking intently

"What’s that all about?" Mitch asked Nikki

"Don’t know"

"Hey, you think Julian got lucky with that girl froot lucky with someone," Nikki said

Mitch frowned suddenly "And you… who is this guy? You need to be careful right now, too I h, but… he looks pretty cozy over there right now, talking to Detective Massey"

"He’s fine, don’t worry He’s got an in with the police," Nikki assured Mitch

"Oh yeah?" Mitch queried

She nodded "He does work for an agency that does some work for the police I don’t know the whole story, but he’s definitely all right," she said

"I thought he orking for us now"

"As long as he shows up for his tours, I don’t care what else he does with his time"

"Hmm" Mitch chewed and studied the two uys are just worried about having another male in the mix"

"Maybe But I think I’ll just keepvery rinned "Okay You do that"

A fewno explanation They lingered for a fewthe idea that they should write a book of ghostly legends "Everyone is doing it," he assured them

"That’s the proble it," Nikki told him

He shook his head "We would use our stories--"

"Most of the people working in New Orleans have the same stories They’re part of history, remember?" Nikki rereat stories I hadn’t heard before today And besides, ours will be more dramatic and wonderful, like we are"

"Get started on it, then," Nikki told him

"We’ll have a truly unique book We can put in our own ghosts, right?"

Put in their own ghosts Like Andy

Nikki stood abruptly "It’s really late," she said "We have to get some sleep"

"We have to pay the check," Brent reot it," Mitch assured them "Go ahead--I’ll turn it in with rin

As Brent rose to join her, Massey was hurrying from his booth at the back He shook his head "Fool kids There’s been an attack over by St Louis Number 1 Take care Call me," he reminded them distractedly

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