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The furious sounds of h h-pitched shriek Sigh The storsley an embarrassed smile "Could you please hold on?"

"Duty calls," he said, sle story home and into the small bedroom my children shared Anthony was on top of Ta the re off her little brother with the other I ca his teeth into her hand She yelped and bopped hiathered himself to make a full-scale leap onto her back, when I stepped into the roorabbed each by their collar and separated them I felt as if I had separated two ravenous wolverines Anthony&039;s fingers clawed for his sister&039;s throat I wondered if they realized they were both hovering a few inches off the floor When they had both calmed down, I set them down on their feet Their collars were ruined

"Anthony, we do not bite in this household Taive me the remote control"

"But Moh-pitched voice that he used to irritate&039;Pokeet one half hour after school," Taly "And you ell intoto Richaaard"

"Taets to finish his TV show You lost your dibs by talking to Richaaard" They both laughed "I have a client in my office If I hear any more loud voices, you will both be auctioned off on eBay I could use the extra money"

I left the my bookshelves He looked atand raised his eyebrows

"You have an interest in the occult," he said, fingering a hardback book "In particular, vampirism"

"Yeah, well, we all need a hobby," I said

"An interesting hobby, that," he said

I sat behind e the subject "So you wantelse?"

He ain He raised a fairly bushy eyebrow On hi else?" he asked, grinning "No, I think that will be quite enough"

And then it hit nized the name and face "You were on the news a few months back," I said suddenly

He nodded once "Aye, that was me Shot five times in the head for all the world to see Not my proudest e sense that I had suddenly gone back in tih back where men said aye

"You were aine it would have been anyone&039;s proudest moht?"

"For now," he said "Next on the list would be to find theyou need is at your disposal Nothing of h I ask you to be discreet"

"Discretion is sometimes not possible"

"Then I trust you to use your best judgment"

Good answer He took out a business card and wrote so on the back "That&039;s " He wrote so under his nu ho h I found hi and professional, I didn&039;t like his conclusions"

"Which were?"

"He tends to think "

"And you disagree?"

"Wholeheartedly"

We discussed er than we discussed