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"They’re paying cops well these days," she commented, but he saw the smile of appreciation in her eyes

"I have to confess, family money," he told her

"’Fa the life of luxury A little pad dead center in the Quarter, no crack whores banging around the building at all hours of the night Anyhat can I do for you? I wasn’t holding out on you before," she told Tony "I just didn’t see anyone being any ht Tina was taken and killed You think she ith the er fudged

Trisha was thoughtful "Oh!" she said suddenly

"There was one guy I noticed" Clutching her tray to her, she spun around and pointed to a private-screening table that was a fes closer to the stage "He wasn’t being a jerk, though He was in here alone, sitting right there He was drinking, but he wasn’t sood I remember now, because Tinawent to that table Here’s the thing I noticedHow young?"

"Twenty-five, thirtymaybe thirty-five And he was almostpretty Beautiful skin Thin, tallpretty"

"Dark? Light?" Jagger asked

"Dark hair, nice cut, lean face"

"What color eyes, do you reer asked

"You know, I don’t remember his eyes at all," she said "Kinda dark in here"

"How about I get you to see a sketch artist?" Jagger asked her

"Can I do it in the ?"

He nodded "Give et you hoet my kid to school first, you know?"

"Of course I really appreciate all help," Jagger assured her

She walked away, and Tony turned to stare at Jagger "I talked to her at least twice today She didn’t re a cop then, looking for someone who’dhu a beer People think better when they don’t feel threatened"

As Jagger spoke, Jae, spun around the pole athletically and leaped down to the floor

Her action was greeted by whoops and catcalls and applause

Shethat passed for a thong butat all

Finally she leaped on their table and stared at Jagger before doing a slow, sultry spin around the pole

Jagger ht

At 3:00 a and turning, threw her covers off and walked to the s that led to her balcony

She loved this house, as did her sisters It was huge and old, filled withwith photos of the three of the up with other Keepers A holiday to Ja with another Keeper fae of Leprechauns, which weren’t nearly as plentiful in New Orleans as they were in Boston and New York But then, no one had the workload her parents had alwaysin places like Transylvania, Edinburgh or the true hoical creatures of the earth: Ireland

Out on the balcony, she looked across to her sisters’ rooms Shauna had the middle bedroom, and Caitlin’s ere just beyond

Shauna’s rooht was still on, and Fiona could see her walking back and forth, back and forth, behind the curtains

Caitlin despised vampires She believed that they were the eternal troublemakers, and she blamed the deaths of their parents on vampires

Fiona wished that she could ease some of the hatred in her sister’s heart It wasn’t that she didn’t know that her own reason for existence was to keep the vaht her job was easy In truth, all the beings of the underworld were so er and, often, craftier than humans, or at least they came with talents that allowed them to carry out feats of tremendous deceit