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"Hey, you," I signed to hi "I didn’t know you were co"

"I invited hined at the same tietting really good I loved it

"Oh, he’s outside patrolling," I said, doing the same

"Okay, Mom, do you want to be first?" she asked

Quentin s from her Then, in an act that rather surprised me, Quentin held out his hand to Reyes

Reyes took it and offered an approving s step Quentin had been afraid of hiest time He could see the departed almost as clearly as I could, but he could also see Reyes’s darkness I’d seen it only a couple of times, but had I not known him, the darkness would have scared uys was a very big deal in my book

"Or you can, Aunt Charley," Amber said

"Fantastic," I said, having no idea what I’d just agreed to

Cookie pointed to a sign on the floor painted in bright blues and yellows

MADAM AMBER: A TELLER OF FORTUNES

"You’re a madam?" I asked, taken aback "Do you think that’s appropriate at awhen they said kids grow up fast

"Not that kind of mada on her toes shyly

Reyes glanced at her in surprise

"I don’t have to call you that I just thought since I’ Ubie?" I asked her "Is he dying again? You know he just says that to gain sympathy"

"Well, no, you know, since he and Moht since you’reAunt Charley, maybe --"