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And it was hard to escape when he’d just ordered food

"Hey, hey, hey…so those who discover together sleep together, huh?" Victor teased, taking a seat at the bar alongside Thor and Jack

Apparently, it didn’tabout Genevieve; the fact that she had walked into his cottage late last night and walked out thatas our Gen is happy," Jack said He was still grinning, but there see in the words despite the fact that he orking for Thor

"If she’s happy, I’m happy," Thor said smoothly

"Yeah?" Victor accepted a cup of coffee fro bartender and turned to Thor "But you think she’s crazy, right? What the hell If I ive it a go--even if I questioned her sanity I mean, you don’t have to be sane in bed In fact, I think it’s better when there’s a little insanity going on"

Screw breakfast Thor stood, trying to remember that these people were her friends, that they cared about her And he had to aduilty

Part of him did want to keep his distance He didn’t want to find himself inextricably involved with soular basis

"I have an appointment I think I’ll skip breakfast," he said

Alex ca "Hey, hey, hey I hear you’ve got a new thing going"

"Have a great fucking day, Alex," Thorlot

9

A udrey looked pretty and completely normal--just as she had always looked--when they met They chose Pierre’s, an off-the-beaten-path local place up by the Bahae Anthony, Audrey informed them as they waited for the owner to prepare them a special table, believed in her powers

"What powers?" Bethany asked "Exactly"

"The powers I don’t have," Audrey explained ruefully "Oh, there we go--the table by the fountain" As they were seated, she introduced them to the tall, thin Bahamian ned the place

He smiled and shook Bethany’s hand, first, but when he took Genevieve’s hand, his smile faded and he looked worried

"You’ve coravely

She shook her head, suddenly uneasy "I’htly "And what a lovely place I can’t believe I haven’t been here yet"

He didn’t take her cohtly He didn’t even thank her for the words He shook his head, e she didn’t understand, then told her, "I will pray for you, our special prayers We know the dead walk a us Others are blind They are afraid They think pretending not to see things will o away They are mistaken The dead coave himself a shake and offered them a broad white smile "Enjoy your lunch"

After he left, they all sat in stunned silence for aGenevieve’s hand with her own" That was the luck of the draw He had to say so like that to one of us He happened to pick you"

"Bull!" Audrey exploded "Anthony knows things"

Bethany stared at her wide-eyed "You’re a fake You told us so yourself"

Audrey sighed "I’m a fake, yes But that doesn’t mean I don’t know people who are real, that I don’t hear the buzz on people who really do…know things"

"What the hell does that mean?" Bethany asked

Audrey looked at Genevieve "I’ve taken the liberty of calling in…a roaned softly

Audrey shook her head "No, no, you don’t understand I got his nuot it froovernhed "How do you know that?"

"Because I read all the articles, and I go to s and…Trust me, the only way I pull off any of this is because I knohat’s going on It’s like any job I doabout a bunch of fakes--likeGo ahead and look hiations He and his company don’t troll for business He isn’t in it for the money"

"Then why…?" Bethany asked skeptically

"He lost so when people are seeing sorave He doesn’t have the gift hih he doesn’t see them himself, he isn’t blind, like Anthony said He knows" She reached into her handbag and handed Genevieve a folded sheet of paper she had apparently ripped from one of her psychic journals "You’ll see, once you read it Look, weird things are happening to you, right?"

Their waitress arrived, so Genevieve didn’t answer until they ordered

"Yes, weird things are happening to one