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Ia silent sigh of relief when I saw, through the group of people, the lower half of a body lying facedown Definitely an adult Daood I didn’t even round

Then the people moved, and I sahy the upper ranks were at the scene

Oh, shiiiiiiit

Ianother way to control his hunger, and at Kang for his callous acceptance that a zo and sancti I had a fairly reliable source of brains, but even though the job had been handed to me I still worked my ass off and did what I had to do to keep it Not like Zeke, who’d stolen fro? Why would anyone whose existence depended on a job choose to fuck it up like that?

I shook my head Yeah, I was fully aware of the irony ofor two

"Less for you to carry again, Angel"

I glanced up to see Detective Roth givingis getting old," I replied

"Tell ris "Who found the body?"

His gri a shortcut to their bus stop High school age, but still"

"That’ll give ‘ehtmares," I said with a shudder

"No shit" Ben rubbed his eyes "Fuck And three headless bodies means we oing nuts right now"

I suddenly felt for hio He’d probably be out here all day and all night, and then likely spend a fewto everyone who lived around here in an effort to scare up any possible clue

Maybe I could help point him in the direction of Zeke as a suspect I had no idea how I could do that, but I needed to figure out a way, and fast Five people were dead--that I knew of--and I had every reason to believe that there’d beto suddenly wake up one day and decide he didn’t want to eat brains any ue at any ti to murder

And there was no way I could stop him on my own But can the cops? I wondered A shiver traced its way down my spine Even if they found hi hiry, and

"You ready to turn hihts to see Derrel and the cri aton the gloves, I crouched by the body, trying to position myself away fro else gross thaton me I took hold of the victim’s hip and shoulder and carefully rolled, then allowed the body to settle onto its back

Oh Shit Fuck Da in my ears as all ofdown around me White male, dressed in worn and dirty jeans and a faded New Orleans Saints T-shirt that celebrated the fact that they’d been divisions chao Barefoot withthe bottom couple of inches of his jeans

But I was only barely aware of those details My attention was completely fixed on the Florida-shaped stain on the front of the shirt Tomato and brain soup

The criraph the front of the body Each snap of the flash seehts into more disorder The buzz of conversation between Derrel and the detectives wrapped aroundthe area for the head They were considering calling out the dive teah the retention pond