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"Yes, Charlotte," he said, his voice smooth like fine whiskey "I was a very bad boy once upon a time"
I nodded "Okay, well, that’ll work for now But Reyes knows your real naretfully "Not that he ever used it in hell"
"Then I’ll just ask him Until then, Osh it is"
"And her na her Beep"
He laughed softly, givingback his arm "I don’t knohy, but that seems very appropriate"
"Thank you I like to think so"
He winced as he rolled fully onto his back again
"Why are you and Reyes sleeping on your backs? Your wounds are horrible Wouldn’t you be more comfortable on your sto closed every so often, no s where we come from, and one of them is that you are much more vulnerable on your stomach No demon worth his salt sleeps on his stomach"
"Oh" That was certainly not the answer I’d expected A survival instinct Interesting
"What you should be asking yourself," he said, indicating Mr Wong with a nod as the departed odly powerful is hanging out in your apart at ho I’d heard that before, of course – that Mr Wong was powerful – but he’d been here when I first looked at the apartment, not the other way around It wasn’t like he showed up later to stalkthat powerful hovering in the corner of an aparts to do?
Before I could ask Osh any h he could no longer hold the wasn’t getting me anywhere either I couldn’t help but wonder if it was all connected Mr Wong The Twelve Even the house that was possessed Did a recent de up? I’d find out soon enough I wasFather Glenn there in a couple of days Hopefully, I would find so with the deht dinner Uncle Bob joined us, too He had so y or the desire to answer theine what the boys were going through
Reyes hardly stirred enough to eat, but Osh explained that the deeper he slept, the faster he’d heal He could actually go almost comatose and be healed from a near-fatal injury in aat ot it the worst, however, one of us needs to stand guard"
"So, you won’t heal as fast as he does?"
"No But I will once he wakes I’ll go into stasis and be as good as new in a day" He looked up in thought "Maybe two days This is fantastic," he said to Cookie and Ahetti around his fork
Aest crush on Quentin, a Deaf acquaintance, but I could understand her fascination with Osh, though I was still having a difficult ti the name with the kid He didn’t look like an Osh at first Maybe the more I used it, the more he would become Osh Osh Villione I wondered if he’d let uy who attacked you today," Ubie said, keeping a wary eye on Osh, "was in prison with Reyes"