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“I said I’d take the snacks”

“Quickie or we play escort for the rest of this trip, Anita”

“I have to go do ry and let it show in my voice

“We’ll be there as soon as we can,” Ethan said

“I haven’t agreed to any of this”

“We know,” Nicky said

I hung up on hiry at Nicky for forcing ry with Ethan for helping hiotten out of control, especially in the ation I hated allcontrol of the ardeur, because feeding on Newman, or one of the other cops, was the worst choice of all

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THE WOMAN GOT out of the car, and I asked, “Giselle, right?”

The woman nodded Newman stared at her, frowned, then looked at me I knew the expression by now It meant he believed me, but only because I said so Strippers in street clothes with no e personas You have to pay attention to the bone structure That’s about the only thing that doesn’t change and can’t be faked by normal makeup

I suggested we talk out in the parking lot in the sunshine, and Newet her outside I was pretty sure that if Barry saith her, he’d raise the alarm or even call the cops After what had just happened, I couldn’t really blame him, but we still had a murder to solve and another murder to prevent It’s all about priorities even if you’ve just had a major metaphysical oops

New the now cold French fries not because they were good, but because they were food, and I didn’t want Giselle or any other strangers to be on the et inside the Jeep to talk

“I’m not under arrest, am I?” she said

When we said no, she wouldn’t get in with us Her choice So we leaned against Newman’s vehicle

Giselle’s face was pale in sunlight She blinked wide brown eyes almost owlishly Her eyebrows arched dark and perfect, which made the rest of her naked face look even paler and more unfinished without some extra color She put her hand above her eyes to shield the,” she explained as if we’d asked