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" 'The stranger attacked again It was just outside He got me in a choke hold ¡¯
" 'Good Lord, Jasmine -- ¡¯
" 'No, wait, don't call anyone He's gone, but before he left he toldto do with the refurbishing of the Here, and he proposed that after the renovation we share the place -- that he would use it by night and I would use it by day And if I didn't agree to his plan he'd kill me ¡¯
"She was aghast She said nothing Her sazed fixedly into mine
" 'But Aunt Queen, this is the strange part -- not that he crept onto our land, not that he o off on the west side of the property, not that he got me in a choke hold -- all that's normal stuff !¡¯
" 'What do you mean?¡¯
" 'The refurbishing It's all precisely what I want! It's as though he read it in my mind He did read lassed-in s, the new bronze stairs inside He asked for nothing that I hadn't already thought of I'd even mentioned it to you, mentioned it to the men, that they should remember the route to the place because I wanted to put in electricity He read my mind, I tell you He played with me on it The creature's not huhost like Goblin Only he's a different species, Aunt Queen, and I have to go to Mona, because Mona will know and so will Stirling Oliver ¡¯
" 'Quinn, stop, be still!' she said 'You're raving! You're in a tirade Jasmine, wake up ¡¯
" 'Don't bring her into this, she'll be a nuisance,' I said
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" 'I' up to write out a co to rest before I go to Mona,' I said
" 'Darling, it's ht You must talk to me before you leave to see Mona,' said Aunt Queen
" 'Vow to e It's nothing compared to the money we spend all the tie redone But then I ot that I can afford it How a ¡¯
" 'And this splendid reinvention of a place you ators?' she responded
" 'Maybe I rong Maybe so I only know that it won't hurt to carry out my own scheme for renovations and now he's no obstacle, don't you see? An hour ago he was a giant stue He was an invader Now he's part of the sche that I didn't want already Aunt Queen, he watches us He knows you walk around the house in the¡¯