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Baojia thought he had perfected patience in the previous 129 years, but his brother-in-laas trying it

"Rory, ignoring the dead hu, this needs to be looked into for two reasons One, it will look very bad for Ernesto if there is an out-of-control va them for the human authorities to find It’s sloppy Two, it’s bad for business"

He sat at his desk, idly tapping a pencil next to the driver’s license picture of Natalie Ellis as he spoke to Rory on the speaker phone It was not a sufficient picture She looked pale and uns wo and puffing on the other end of the line, probablyanother task on him

"I just don’t understand why--"

"Nine human women found out in the desert creates headlines, Rory Headlines that ht be picked up by ht rankled hih to have an opinion about what I can and can’t do

Oh horong you are, pretty hu his brother-in-law "National neould be the worst The last thing that our sire’s very profitable clubs and casinos need is a drop in touris about a serial killer in San Diego It’s not there yet, but if this isn’t dealt with, it could be Now…" He paused "If you’ll ask Ernesto, I’d be happy to look into it It’s closer to me, and the club--"

"I’ll take care of it," Rory broke in "I can deal with this I don’t need your help"

Great Now he’d pissed off Paula’s husband, too He was never getting back ho because I know you’re busy"

"Yeah, well…" Rory sounded slightly et souys on it"

"There is an earth vaoes by Tulio He’s a bit of a hermit, but he can be helpful at times"

"Money?"

It was always hard to tell with Tulio The immortal was quite old and very temperamental "Just feel him out He doesn’t have much use for hu you’ll owe hihly territorial, so if there’s been an incursion near hinize Ernesto?"

"As nizes anyone Remember, he’s a hermit He has no interest in politics But he’s cautious, too"

"Okay" He heard Rory shuffling papers "Thanks for the tip"

"You’re welcome And let me know if I can help"

"I heard you called Ivan’s people"

It was easy to forget how fast news traveled "I had so to worry about?"

"I’ll take care of it"

"Good," Rory said "None of us wants trouble with Ivan"

" Fo/spa