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"Alright Let et dressed"

Wisdom

Bobby smiled and went outside to wait for me I’m not sure why exactly, but as I pulled on otten back fro And even if it was a long shot, it was so that actually mattered Or it would, if we could catch the killer before another girl got hurt

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We stood on Eighth Street, with the buildings blocking out the lasses, so the sun wouldn’t be much of an issue for me anyway As alked away from the second crime scene, I felt queasy

This ti, and I wasn’t used it I’d gotten accustoht We brushed past people, so in crowds didn’t bother me anymore, and the open air helped alleviate the scent of their blood Lately, my bloodlust hadn’t been bad at all, and Ezra coet it under control so quickly

"I don’t think this is gonna work," I told Bobby as aited at a crosswalk for the light to turn green

"I knoe didn’t see ," Bobby said "Anyway, it’s better than doing nothing"

Other than a piece of battered police tape stuck to the side of a pole, there hadn’t been anything at the last scene The one before had even less evidence than that I’

The closer we got to the spot where Jane had been found, the sicker I felt My mouth and throat felt dry, and it was hard to s The jacket and hat wereme too hot, and cold sweat broke out all over my skin

"I don’t know" I shook my head and stayed a step behind Bobby

"It won’t hurt to look"

He slipped on a patch of ice, andhiain A ave me an odd look I shoved my hands in htened out his jacket

"Thanks," he said

"No proble A few other people kept glancing over at us, and I didn’t like it

If I hadn’t felt so nervous, I h to elicit weird stares My reflexes were getting much quicker, and I didn’t slip on the ice anyun to feel really co?" Bobby asked, givingfaster than I meant to, and I slowed down