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He grinned "Yeah, I know I sorta recognized you"

A flush burned ain "Thanks That eet of you"

Tyler coughed, and at first I thought I’d justto cover it up by clearing his throat But then he kept on coughing

"Shit, Tyler Your nose"

And then there was that He was bleeding again

Snatching up the box of tissues frohtstand, I rushed over to him with a wad already in my hand He was as stunned as I was and pressed the tissues to his nose

I knew then that so Tyler had said it himself; he hadn’t had a bloody nose since he was a kid, yet this was his third one today

My mom’s words rose up in uy froious

That was the second tiht up that lab tech fro uy was dead; that’s what it said on the news, right? That he’d been found dead in his apartment, and the cause of death hadn’t been determined yet

But what if it had been?

I tried to ent Tru to Tyler, wouldn’t it?

And then I thought about that other guy--that agent at the bookstore I’d seen the look on his face when he saw the blood trickling down my wrist The way his hands shook, and his eyes had been filled with indecision and panic

The lab guy had been exposed to od It’s ents were suited up in biohazard gear"