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He ar and powerful, but absolutely no match for terror that was The Exorcist What had we been talking about? Now I couldn’t think about any walls banging except the one Regan was currently banging the shit out of and spraying doith pea soup We watched the rest of that damn movie wound around each other like pretzels, and he finally succuhan eyehole can provide

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What the hell was that?

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Oh no

I lay paralyzed in

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I pulled the covers up higher, covering il around the bedroo scenes fro it io to sleep Nerves had everything on lockdown, blazing a trail of fiery adrenaline throughoutin that moment I also wished he was here

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What was that?

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Nothing

Then Clive leaped on the bed, and I screamed bloodywhy the hell Mo at hioddanail

My phone vibrated an instant later, shaking the entire nightstand and eliciting another screa? Why are you screa? Are you okay?" he yelled when I answered, and I could hear hih the wall

"Get your ass over here right now, youup I pounded on the wall and ran out to unlock the door In much the same way I’d run up the last few steps of the basehtailed it back intoin the center ofHe knocked, and I heard the door push open

"Caroline?" he called

"Back here," I yelled Sad that I’d been reduced to this, but I was glad to see hirin "And this," he added, producing the afghan from behind his back

"Thanks" I smiled at him from behind my pillow shield

A fewa plate and a glass of milk We’d been too full, then too terrified to eat pie earlier Clive and his phanto his eyes at Si his tail

"How old are you?" I asked, cutting into ht How old are you?"

"Twenty-six We are twenty-eight and twenty-six years old and terrified of a ood

"I wouldn’t say I’m terrified," he countered "Spooked? Yes But I only ca"

"And to taste

"Shut it, you," he warned, and then he went ahead and tasted ood," he breathed, eyes closed as he chewed

"I know What is it about apples and ho better?"

"If ere eating this nad, then it would be better," He grinned, opening one eye

"No one is getting nad here, buddy Just eat your pie" I pointed at his plate with my fork

We chewed

"I feel better," I added a fewmy milk

"Me too Not too spooked anyhtstand I sighed contentedly and lay back against otta ask…Jahed, and I kicked him as he lay down next tounder the pillows

"I know, I know I can’t believe you held it in as long as you did! I know you’ve been dying to uy?" he asked

"He’s a new client"

"Ah, got it," he said, looking pleased

"And an old boyfriend," I added, watching for his reaction

"I see New client but old boyfriend--wait, the lawyer?" he asked, trying to keep his expression neutral, but failing

"Yep Haven’t seen hionna work?"

"Don’t know yet We’ll see"

I really didn’t kno things were going to go with Jah to keep things professional if he wanted more And every instinct I had told me he wanted more In the past he’d hadI’d found ravitational pull that was James Brown--lawyer, not Godfather of Soul

"Anye’re just going to be working together It’ll be a great job for hed, already planning the palette I rolled onto ht and was starting to get sleepy

"I don’t like hi pause

I turned and saw hi