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After finallyand hurdled the counter to get to the kitchen Mr Coffee aiting for his usual greeting, and I couldn’t let him down just because we’d been invaded And I came up with a plan I seemed to be full of plans lately Maybe it was my new outlook on life Don’t invite certain death without a backup plan Maybe I could plan other things Like a wedding shower for Cookie and Uncle Bob Or a bar led and sputtered, I suel with the power of ht about him and sort of wished him beside me

Annnnnd… Poof!

"What the fk, pendeja? Didn’t I tell you not to do that any us "Can you talk to thehost whisperer? They’re loony I’d have better luck talking to my cousin Alfonso’s Chihuahua At least Tía Juana knows Spanish"

"Your cousin’s Chihuahua is naed an affirmation, I said, "Just try If anyone can talk to them, it’s you"

"Why is that?"

"Because you’re dead You’re one of them You can do this"

"Not for five hundred dollars aworld, "

"I need at least --" He counted on his fingers "-- seven hundred fifty dollars a ain for no one’s ass Even yours" He bent to get a better look "Fine as it is"

"Seven hundred fifty dollars a led, and sputtered like Mr C But in the back of– detective would cost ain, I couldn’t use any of his investigating in court I couldn’t turn it in to APD as evidence of dick So there was that to take into consideration Still, he had saved"You drive a hard bargain, Mr Garza"

"Daher, huh?"

I winked "You’ll never know But what happens the next ti answers? What then?"

He leaned against the counter and ran his fingers along the horrid chroreat-uncle thing"

I liftedthe fuzz over his top lip "No, ether for over ten years, ever since I found him at an abandoned school, scared and alone He meant so much to me