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"I’ it to me I’m at the café"

"I’ll try I’ out"

"You’ll think of soh it suddenly all ave her that doll the very first tinant Noreen had tried to have kids for years but miscarried several times Then when she finally did carry all the way, her baby died teeks later in its sleep"

"Just like Erin’s"

"Exactly"

That fact only reinforced my belief that this was soet that doll out of the house Now I’ll wait for you here"

"I’ll be there as soon as I can"

We hung up, and I started a new Google Good thing they were free This time I looked up how to destroy a possessed item Froon, and the nail clippings from a canonized saint

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Ahhh, Friday…

My second favorite F-word

--T-SHIRT

A little while later, Billy knocked on the office door

"Coht to

He walked in with a brown paper bag "It’s in here You think this will stop her?"

I took it Opened it Shivered "I hope so What did Erin say?"

"Nothing I told her I wasmy mistress She told ed the brakes and it would be aard if the EMTs had to cut off dirty boxers"

"She plans ahead I like that"

He nodded, suddenly nervous "What if this doesn’t work?"

"Then we’ll keep looking I won’t give up, Billy"

"Thanks I can’t iht?"

Billy left, and I let un to associate with all things Reyes Farrow I tucked the bowl I’d used to confiscate a saainst my side and hurried to the kitchen sink

I rinsed it out, hiding the evidence, then turned toward hiain," he said He was leaning against the prep table, watching , My God, that ," when he asked, "What’d you think of it?"

With a snort, I said, "It was freaking aweso about?"

Humor deepened the dimples he sported whenever he wanted any wo puddle of girl jelly His dimples were just too sexy, too delicious, not to have an ulterior motive