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"Sometimes mothers hurt their children There’s a whole Web site about it--homicidalmotherscom"
Now that he thinks about it, he realizes that the poor children never suspect what’s co They trust their mom She says she loves them, and they trust her Then she chops them up in their beds or drives theood mother," he says "But maybe you need to answer a lot ht Co"
"Randal needs to talk to Arnie first"
She says so He steps into the hallway
Behind hiain, faster than ever, and then she is shouting
Randal Six has been in this living rooained consciousness, she chattered at him so hard that he had co himself
He hopes that he and Mother don’t already have a dysfunctional relationship
After a oes in search of Arnie He wonders whether his new brother will prove to be Abel or Cain, selfless or selfish If he is like Cain, Randal Six knohat to do It will be self-defense
Chapter 60
Carson parked in her driveway, shut off the engine and the headlights, and said, "Let’s get the shotguns"
They had put the suitcases and shotguns in the trunk before they’d driven Lulana and Evangeline ho the Urban Snipers, they went to the front of the sedan and crouched there, using it for cover Peering back along the driver’s side, Carson watched the street
"What’re we gonna do for dinner?" Michael asked
"We can’t take the kind of ti as it’s sleeve-wrapped to eat on the fly"
Michael said, "The thing I’ll miss most when I’m dead is New Orleans food"
"Maybe there’s plenty of it on the Other Side"
"What I won’t miss is the heat and huht theine
When the vehicle passed in the street, Carson said, "Porsche Carrera GT, black That baby’s got a six speed transine how fast I could drive in one of those?"
"So fast, I’d be perpetually voonna kill you," she said "Soonna kill you"
"Carson, if this is ever over and we co cops?"
"What would we do?"
"How aboutdogs Easy work No pressure It s The problem is you have to have a van for all the equip to drive a van"
He said, "We could open a gy bar"
"Why gay?"
"I wouldn’t have to worry about guys hitting on you"
"I wouldn’t hnut shop and still have guns?" he wondered
"I don’t see why not"
"I feel ine silenced them
When the vehicle appeared, Carson said, "White Mountaineer," and pulled her head back to avoid being seen
The Mountaineer slowed but didn’t stop, and drifted past the house
"They’ll park farther along, on the other side of the street," she said
"You think it’s going to go down here?"
"They’ll like the setup," she predicted "But they won’t co for an opportunity all day They’re patient They’ll take tireed "No less than five Let’s get Vicky and Arnie out of here yesterday"
When the Mountaineer was out of sight, they hurried to the back of the house The kitchen door was locked Carson fumbled her keys from a jacket pocket
"Is that a new jacket?" he asked
"I’ve worn it a couple tiet brains on it"
She unlocked the door
In the kitchen, Vicky Chou was at the table, tied in a chair
Chapter 61
Benny and Cindi carried pistols, but they preferred to avoid using them whenever possible
The issue wasn’t noise Their weapons were fitted with sound suppressors You could pop a guy three ti at all, theyto lame; but the Old Race were bleeders who lacked the New Race’s ability to seal a puncture alot the wounded prey to a private place where you could have so theht enjoy dis a dead body, but not Benny Lovewell Without the screa up a roast chicken
Once, when a gunshot woman had inconsiderately died before Benny could even start to take off her arht have sounded, synchronizing her cries to Benny’s use of the saw, but it wasn’t the same
Aimed at the eyes, Mace could disable any h to subdue hi blast of Mace always shouted and cursed, drawing attention when it wasn’t wanted
Instead, Victor supplied Benny and Cindi with small pressurized cans, the size of Mace containers, which shot a stream of chloroform When squirted in the face, most people inhaled with surprise--and fell unconscious before sayingat all The chlorofore of fifteen to twenty feet
They also carried Tasers, the wand type rather than the pistol type These were strictly for close-in work
Considering that O’Connor and Maddison were cops and already jumpy because of what they knew about the deceased child of Mercy, Jonathan Harker, getting in close wouldn’t be easy
After parking across the street fro on their porches around here"
"It’s a different type of neighborhood"
"What’re they doing instead?"
"Who cares?"
"Probablybabies"
"Give it a rest, Cindi"
"We could always adopt"
"Get real We kill for Victor We don’t have jobs You need real jobs to adopt"
"If you had let me keep the one I took, we’d be happy now"