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"Maybe not at the tiive you soht then Advice fro fro down to the hospital Bruno’d be glad to see you Hell, Matty would, too, after that But my sister … not so much I’ll tell the boys you called"

"They admitted Bruno?" I was surprised He hadn’t been hurt A little shocky, but I hadn’t thought he’d been that bad off

"Exhaustion, overstraining his ic" Sal chuckled "I told him to stay put He didn’t like it ued with o after the bat that did this, but he’s not up to it Not right now" He gave a ht or no"

I wasn’t going to argue He was right Some of the really old vamps don’t need much rest at all A couple hours and they were as fresh as a daisy They ht, but you couldn’t count on theh to be an übervahtfall, she’d be looking for " I was honest with him "But she threatened me We hurt her and killed her partner, and she blames me for that"

"So I heard"

I’d bet he had I could just i it Loudly And it wouldn’t have made a damned bit of difference to Sal Because, ulti him alive is more important to them than I am More important to me, too, come to think of it

Sal kept talking "So I made a call; told Archbishop Fuentes about this bat, how she could call a priest on holy ground He didn’t like the sound of that Decided that maybe they should send some reinforcements in froe to lay low for a day or two, this could all be taken care of "

Whoa When he said it like that, I realized he was right A varound? That probably raised a few eyebrows at the Vatican "Thank you" Ito do soirlfriend

"You’re welcome" He quoted my oords back atdeal Take care of yourself"

"I’ll try"

He said good-bye and hung up and I followed suit For a couple ofblankly at the opposite wall Wow U to strain ht too hard about it, and I was too tired to think coherently anyway So without further ado I dropped the towel on the floor and climbed under the blankets I was asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow

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Dawna said, "You are the only thing standing in her way now She’ll kill you if she can"

I choked "That’s thefor Roo up my double order of tomato soup

"Not all of it, but yes A little old lady cas She said her nae right away, that it was very iive it to you?"

"About a half hour ago"

Well, it wasn’t as if the vamp hadn’t told me as much But dammit anyway

"She also said to tell you she was very sorry, she hoped you didn’t mind, but she showed those men your vision They were s She couldn’t stop theht you these to replace the"

A They made a sweet old lady like her cry? It had to have been Dee and Duot hold of my memories Jerks No, more than jerks Assholes "She didn’t have to replace the earrings They weren’t that valuable"

"I said you’d feel that way, but she insisted And you should see these things They’re like a carat each"