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Her jaw fell open long enough for her friends to realize I wasn’t lying It was thoughtful of her really, to confir I’d just said like that I’d have to send her a thank-you card later

"Are you okay?" I asked her when her face turned a lovely shade of scarlet

"I do not have herpes," she said fro her friends self-consciously "And I knohy you’re here You ive up"

Okay, that threw ht "I work here My dad owns this bar My office is right up there" I pointed to the balcony that overlooked the restaurant "Why are you here?"

She scoffed "Like you don’t know"

Da? I scanned the roo for clues, ’cause that’s how PIs rolled

Nothing But I could hardly let her know that

"Okay, well, it’s been fun Keep it in your pants, ladies" I snity as I couldout of the loop was like being the only kid on the playground without an Xbox

I took the stairs two at a ti at what I’d just done Not with Jessica, but with Rocket and Blue I sat behind , and coveredto force myself to calm

Hoould I fix this? Hoould I fix my relationship with Rocket and Blue? I’d only just met Blue, and now she saw me as a bully, a alled alled me to no end

I powered on h left for one cup, so I popped it in the s, then went to work I needed answers First off, ned that building? If it weren’t a Saturday night, I could prance down to the courthouse and find out, butonline about it I did search after search Nothing, though I did find a couple of very cool sites that talked about how haunted the asyluht in their cameras or found an object in a different spot than where they’d left it If they only knew

My main worry where Rocket was concerned hat if the coht it deo? My walls wouldn’t hold up to the abuse that was Rocket Man and all his knowledge I needed to find out what their plans were If deure out where to e when I ca coffee and wondering about everything Nicolette the undead The departed women in my apartment The fact that Kim Millar was most likely an arsonist and the additional fact that Reyes Farroould not be happy when I turned in his sister There had to be another way

In the back ofto worry about other things besides the fact that Reyes had only days to live was like trying not to look at the elephant in the room He could die He was slated to die I took a deep breath and made a decision When the time ca He was not going to die Not onI could do about the Reyes thing for now, having no idea who, I focused on Kim Her situation was the only one I had a snowball’s chance of i, I exited h the front door and took the outside stairs Knowing my luck, Jessica and her cohorts would still be in there In the loop Exactly where I wasn’t Nor was I in the mood to be reminded of that fact