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A new voice suddenly cut into our circle "Please tell ie There's nothing I enjoy more"

There he was, standing beside our table: reatertone-or hih, and the waiter I'd been trying to summon dashed over immediately We ordered a new round of drinks

Jeroood mood today, which always ner suit, and his hair was styled exactly the same as John Cusack's had been in a recent TV intervieatched That probably bears : Jerome's human body of choice was a clone of John Cusack Succubi can change shape because that's part of what helps us with seduction Deels-they're insanely powerful beings who have been around since the beginning of tireater immortals" Because of a weird fan obsession that he adamantly denied, Jero like the actor The strange thing was that ere out like this, humans never seemed to notice the resemblance

"You haven't been out with us in a while," I pointed out, hoping to change the subject "I thought you've been busy with de with another deh none of us knew the details

He took one ofA arette lit on its own Show-off

"Things have actually taken a pleasant turn," he said He inhaled deeply and then let the s to deal with I'd hoped the incessant babbling about your ro away, but I suppose that's too much to hope for Are you still with that charlatan?"

I threw up uys should be e him as a brother"

Jerohtful "He annoys me You can do better"

"Jesus Christ," I said

"Maybe she'd see that if she'd stop doing stupid shit like sleeping with her therapist," noted Hugh, in as apparently supposed to be a helpful tone

I turned on hi I just said?"

"Plenty," he said

Meanwhile, Jeroaze onarette out and shot up frome from the table

"Come with me," he hissed

I stumbled with him out to the hall that led to the restrooainst a wall and leaned toward itation that he was behaving like a human He could have simply transported both of us to some isolated place

"You fked your therapist?" he exclaimed

I gulped "I wasn't ress"

"Georgie!"

"Why is this a probleht that hat you wanted me to do!"