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Mr Cheney thanked et you for this If you hadn’t come"

They’d have sacrificed her--and probably Sandra and Jiood with the de each year I remained alive and well I just nodded a "You’re welcome" as we headed out

We went back to the house to get our stuff Before we left town, I called Chuch and Eva to let them know the job was done and everyone was more or less in one piece To aled nancy I marveled at the normalcy of it all and promised I’d come to her baby shower in a few reed

Then I rang Booke, who confirone from the astral He could explore the place at his leisure now, but there didn’t appear to be anything unusual to see I fancied I could al o out of body and talk on the phone at the salad you’re safe," he said quietly "I just wish I could’ve done more"

"You did plenty I’ll call you soon--and not just to ask for help"

I hung up and collected s Knapsack in hand, I took one last look at the farood work here, alo back Thoain Nothing ever looked or felt the same It was an appointment with disappoints in Kiler His truce with Jesse was over, and I kneas eager to hear how I felt

Well, here I stood, cursed and demon touched, and I didn’t want to see hiht of my death any more than I wanted to die

The cost was just too high

"You all set?" Chance had his duffel in hand, ready to load the trunk

He expected to take s were still there, just as I’d left them To his mind, we could simply make the decision and start over I could stroll back into the life I’d left behind

Just before she died, Ma in cars with boys, as she understood theht I should learn about that kind of thing Always leave with the boy you came with, she’d told me It’s not polite otherwise

I knew that Oh, I knew

But I couldn’t abide by the rules this ti with Jesse and Shannon as far as Texas"

Eva had a passport waiting forwith them for a while, I’d take the bus to Monterrey Froht to Mexico City But he didn’t need to know my plans

"I don’t understand" His face was stark and pale