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"I cah"

"No, my Jeep Misery? Remember her?" Sometimes people found it odd that I’d naler Misery, but Gertie just didn’t seem to fit "She’ll be upset if I just leave her here on a strange side street Alone Injured"

He looked back at me, startled "You wrecked your Jeep?"

I had to think about that one "I can’t be entirely certain There was a telephone pole, screeching tires, the strong possibility of alien life It all happened so fast"

"Seriously I need your sister’s nued into the shirt as he hunted down his keys

"Desperate much? Besides, you’re not my sister’s type"

After Garrett escorted ently, he cliht the vehicle to life with a roar The engine sounded pretty good, too I gazed out the e swaht thick with an almost impenetrable darkness The tranquil serenity didn’t help rew heavier and heavier with every minute that passed Every second Despite the discoth to keep them open, because this was better than the alternative: Reyes Farrow being drawn into ainst either of our wills, like an invisible force pulled him toward me every tier and inhibitions washed away into a sea of sensuality where mouths scorched and hands explored Which sucked because ere both quite annoyed with each other

But for him to say that I’d summoned him just didn’t make sense I’d have to look into that one

"How long have you been awake?"

I snapped back to Garrett and looked at my watch Or, well, my wrist where my watch would have been had I remembered it "Um, about thirteen days"

He seeh I was drifting in and out of reality, if the little girl with the kitchen knife on his hood was any indication I suppose she could have been a departed, but they rarely rode on hoods

"Look, I realize you’re different than the average huuarded, "but thirteen days without sleep can’t be good for anyone, not even you"

"Probably not Did you buy a new hood ornalanced at his hood "No"

"This doctor have a nalove box and pulled out a card "Here’s his info He’s supposed to go to your office thisif you make it in"

Dr Nathan Yost "I’ll make it in Is he a friend of yours?"

"Nope He’s an asshole But everyone else on planet Earth seehty, then" I tried to stuff the card into a pocket, then realized I didn’t have any "Hey, I left s you say, Charles Oh, I keepon a special list of things one should never say to the grim reaper"

I chuckled "I have so many comebacks to that, I don’t think I can pick just one"

"I’ll start at the bottoht eyebrow "As I’ll ever be"

"Okay, number five, I’ list"

"Do you want to hear the list or not?" he asked as we pulled into the parking lot ofmy options This list could either be a revelation of apocalyptic proportions or a co toward the latter"