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Chase looked blank for a moment, then blushed and quickly hobbled to his chair "Sorry, I didn’t even think of that"

"It’s water under the bridge, but you know, soet out of your brain There’s not enough brain bleach in the world And Erika’s lips planted around your cock is one of those irimaced

Speechless that she actually went there, I stared at the ceiling…hard Best to just let the subject die without resuscitating it

Flustered, Chase shuffled through some papers, and I decided to take the reins of the conversation and steer it someplace a bit more relevant

"Let’s talk about what Sean told us, shall we? But first, let me put in a quick call to Beth at Mystic Char" I pulled out my cell phone and dialed her nus "Beth, it’s Ca? Jake? Can you tell me what his last name is?"

After a brief pause, she let out a little huff "Evans Jake Evans I know because he bounced a check in here a few o, and I told hi That’s how I got his address to send hi he’s been plundering stuff fro?"

"Well, he’s not paying for those books I think he hides under his coat and walks out with--the ones he doesn’t trash But I haven’t been quick enough to stop hi a hex on the section he frequents or soet the address for the Aleksais Psychic Network from Lindsey, if she even knehere it was "Do you knohere he’s currently living? Apparently he’s not at his old home, since he packed it up and moved to the Aleksais Psychic Network’s commune"

"Just the address that was on the check I still have it somewhere" After a moment she came back on "Sorry, PO box in Seattle No home address And about the Aleksais Psychic Network…they’re bad news, Caet involved with theo--custolanced up "Well, that confir was Jake Evans If he was out at the Wedgewood Ce, he probably lives nearby Which means the APN is so out in the city for the day" Delilah shrugged "We don’t know that the Aleksais Psychic Network is headquartered in the city Could be they’re a ways out"

"True At least we know that Jake Evans is connected with theraveyard with Halcon Davis, as reading a scroll, and there were zoated ato stop it or report it"

"So he’s a loser who has no power of his own, but he’s easily raves with a runtled snort "Can’t we ever just get a run-of-the-mill break-and-enter, or ht get it Want to break up a brawl between a couple of moonstruck olves, perhaps?" Delilah snickered, then sobered quickly

"I was hoping that you guys could figure out if…the spirits were sucked out Like last night?" Chase tossed his pen on the table "If you toldquestions like that, I would have carted you off to the loony bin"

"We can," I said "Or at least, we can try So, what’s our next step?"

Chase pulled up his co else, let’s look up Jake in the records See if he’s been…oh my Jake Evans, is this him?" He turned the , a little pudgy, and snide looking I nodded "What’s he been up to?"

"Jake’s been a busy boy over the past few years I wonder if Lindsey knows about his record…"

"What did he do?" Delilah asked

"It seems that our friend Jake has played the con man fast and loose He tried to pull off several pyraain his way out of all the charges in return for information on his partners He’s been arrested four ti--in a bar no less, sofor"

I frowned What was a petty thug like Jake doing in the Tein with? They usually watched the ethics of their ood-behavior list "Find anything else?"

"Yeah Two DUIs, a host of unpaid parking tickets, and he’s suspected in an atteh proof to make an arrest on that one" Chase frowned and sat back "He’s a sraves?"

"Because he’s easily influenced, and he has the potential to wreak havoc if he’s being used as a vessel Reical power using bhouts Now that the bhouts have been scattered and his De for other ways to extend his influence Halcon must have found him"

"But wouldn’t it make more sense if Jake had power or influence?" Chase looked confused

"Not necessarily If Jake has the potential to be a good vessel, then it’s actually better for Gulakah that the guy’s a loser He won’t have that much confidence, and that will ?" Chase looked confused

"Well, they were sucking up spirits last night Maybe they’re trying to find a way to replace the bhouts? Maybe the spirits are dislodged when the bodies are reanimated? Maybe the zombies are for so else I don’t know Buthow she loves her garden of ghosts so dearly?" I glanced over at Delilah "Menolly’s asleep Tonight, I won’t be able to go with her if she visits Ivana because I’ So I think we should pay a visit to the Maiden of Karask now"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>