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"Nope," I said "Don’t know, don’t care But if it hts" I hit END on the call

Eli looked at rin present in the crinkles of his eyes "Cape and hts?"

"He’d be cute We can call him Captain Nerdman"

Eli actually chuckled, an evil little sound

Back at Esed into blue jeans and an old jacket over a T, weaponed up with nine mils, one in a spine sheath for left hand draw and its twin in a shoulder holster that put the weapon beside ht-hand draw, extra s easy to hand, and blades in boot sheaths I joined the boys in the breakfast room

"Here’s what I have on the name Misha mentioned," Alex said "Bryson Ryder is human, married, a father of two, lives across the river in Vidalia, Louisiana, in a three-bedroom house He works as a CPA and keeps a small office off Carter Street that advertises open hours in the daytime"

"Misha said he was a primo blood-servant," I said They were usually well-off and lived on the vamp’s premises, where they were handy to do laundry or clean the pool or, in this case, do the books And be available for sex and dinner, of course

The Kid said, "He’shiround info And before you ask, no, there’s no answer at his home or office"

"We’ve got the tiht Let’s do a run-by," Eli said, studying the addresses on satellite maps "If the office and the house are empty, we can check them out and be back in plenty of time If there are people there and it looks okay, then we’ve had a nice drive"

By check them out, I knew Eli meant "break into and look around," which sounded fine to ht-and-slapped-in-jail part Our eight pn contracts Eight was just after breakfast tierous and ready for anything

"And about that other thing," the Kid continued "Charly’s leukemia? I verified that she’s on che prophylactic antibiotics, soate the effects of the round of chemo she finished last week, and one I can’t pronounce or find online"

"Misha took her daughter away from home and on the road, on business, the day after she finished a round of cheuess there’s some reason for what looks like total stupidity I , but surely any publisher would delay a deadline for a sick child"

Eli said succinctly, "Deductible and twenty percent"

"Oh Yeah" Insurance and s I had to worry about, not with

"She has her job as on-air personality at Torch News," the Kid said, "and full benefits But according to her financial records, Charly’s uncovered medical bills are already at twenty thousand dollars I don’t knohat she got for her book deal, but that’s a lot of dough"

"Okay, Misha has to bring in large amounts of cash and fast," I said "But still The day after a round of che feels hinky"