Page 101 (1/2)
"Okay, what gives? This is supposed to be the happiest day of our lives You’re not letting the fact that you are being held together by duct tape get you down, are you?"
He tried to smile, but it didn’t quite solidify "I have to tell you your name now"
"What?" I asked
"I promised you I just --" He shook his head "I just don’t knoill happen once you know it"
"That’s right," I said re "You pro day"
"I did"
"Don’t do it," Osh said, co at Reyes "We aren’t sure ill happen once she knows it We don’t knoill happen to Beep"
Reyes glared back "I pro him distress As much as I wanted to know my celestial nas at the moment I took his hands into mine "Tell me later," I said "We have the rest of our lives, Rey’aziel It can wait"
Relief flooded hihed out loud Soerous kid who struck fear in the hearts of supernatural entities everywhere, but a kid nonetheless
That seee as she ate ice creaued devil, and everyone – everyone – wanted soh to risk his or her soul But he’d prouys He’d darned sure better keep that pro back to hell sooner than he’d planned
The captain caold ainst Sylvia Starr at her house A diary from the trial, pictures, notes she’d written to Reyes while he was in prison, along with a shrine Reyes inspired shrines a lot It eird And the evidence was enough to corroborate Uncle Bob’s story As far as the captain was concerned, the case was closed, and I couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief
A short while later, we said our good-byes I kissed Uncle Bob all over his face until he blushed a brilliant red before we headed back to our respective ho to meet us at our place once he was packed We had an hour I was never the best packer I inevitably forgot underwear or toothpaste or both Thankfully, Reyes promised to help as soon as he was finished
He went to his aparth we had no wall between our bedrooms I’d hurried into , wondering if I would need ic ToiletWand, when Jessica popped in
She stood back, biting her lower lip as she waited for e her After a solid two minutes of silence, she caved "I just wanted you to know, I always felt guilty about everything that happened between us in high school"
"Yeah, I could tell," I said, testing a particular shade of lipstick on ht red lipstick in a convent? I just didn’t kno to dress for this
"You have no idea how shallow and self-centered I can be"