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The phone rang

"Yeah?" a gruff male voice said

"This is Daniels Let me talk to the Clerk"

"He’s out"

Odd, the Clerk usually worked the night shift during the first week of the month

"What about Lori?" Lori was the Clerk’s standby

"She’s out"

"When will either of thenal

What the devil was going on at the Guild?

I turned back to George "We’ll go by there first thing in the " Even if the Clerk wasn’t there now, he or one of his subs would be there in the"I know this is a hard question, but is there any way Eduardo could’ve gotten scared off and left?"

George didn’t hesitate "No He loves me And if he left, he wouldn’t have abandoned Max"

"Max?" I asked

"His pug," she said "He’s had hi everywhere with him When I cah water and food to last through the day"