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"Leroy," Crystal said, tossing back her bleached blond hair "Mac and Leroy"

The names didn’t sound familiar Curran quietly lowered the table back to Earth

"Yeah, Leroy," Charlie said "I saw the to do a job in Chamblee on Chamblee Dunwoody Road"

I was pretty sure Chamblee used to be in Heyward’s zone

"The cat lady?" a short skinny guy in a red sweater asked "The one who called before?"

"Yeah," Charlie said "She’s got so to eat her cats on Chaain?" Crystal asked "Eduardo already went out there on Sunday He said this lady had a giant tick eating her cats"

"This was no tick," Charlie said "She said it flew Ticks don’t fly"

"Well, whatever it was," Crystal said, "I know he killed it on Sunday, because he caain on Monday and he went out there again That’s the last I saw him"

It was a repeat job The client called the Guild the first time on Sunday about a tick, and Eduardo went out and took care of it Then she called again, on Monday, probably because the problem recurred He went out to that call and disappeared Then the client called for the third ti her had a large family or that Eduardo never made it to her job But he did finish the Sunday job, which meant there would be a record of it

"Did this lady say Eduardo showed up on Monday?" I asked

Charlie shook his head "She was at work, so she didn’t know if he showed up But she was really heated it wasn’t taken care of"

"When did Mac and Leroy leave?" I asked

"Half an hour ago," Charlie said

We’d justin Eduardo’s territory?" I asked

Crystal spread her arms "He ain’t here to call theot a probleot a probleood territory They triedin on him and he beat their asses for them"

"He wasn’t worried about it," Crystal said