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Well, now I knehere Zeke had been staying Not that itout a bit," I said, relieved that uess they’re thinking it’s a serial killer"

Marianne rubbed her arht ever since the last body was found so close to where I live" Then she grinned "Though that’s not h apartville, but it’s furnished like a dors like beds and chairs and couches"

"And hopefully a large refrigerator, too," I said, thinking of his incredible appetite, then felt silly for saying it since she’d probably have no idea what I hter, though she quickly covered her ling over a dead body People will start thinking I’e That roceries like nobody’s business! If I ate the way he did, I’d weigh about a thousand pounds!"

Someone called her naaze to see Ed at the top of the berave me a wave, and I lifted oing to helprun around this area It always helps to have soreatyou You’ll have to coether! We have a fish fry or a barbecue at least every other weekend I’ll ives you a call! " Then she was trotting off with Kudzu before I could dobreath One thing was for sure--I needed to stay the hell away fro

To my shock and surprise, Ben and Mike both helped Derrel andofficers had left which et the van up close so that we didn’t have to haul the daave both detectives super nice sh Ben was the one who’d stepped up to help and had then guilted Mike into taking another strap I wasn’t going to bitch Sure, I could carry it myself, but why burn up the brains if I didn’t have to?

As I closed the back of the van I saw Marcus out on the street talking on his phone, but I didn’t have a chance to do ive hirih he returned the nod, and I felt instantly silly for being all sruesoht herself and realized hoful it was to laugh at a death scene Me, I didn’t even think about it I’d becoht of dead bodies as forht left me cold Was that part of the zoer Maybe it was part of this virus or whatever, and the longer it was in me the less I’d think of people as people, and it would eventually see co was still pretty norhout the day--enough for Dr Leblanc to notice how quiet I was

"Soel?"

I looked up froeneral No, I’m fine denial, then paused "Well, sort of, but I’m afraid you’ll, um, think I’m weird"

His eyes flashed with kind huh "Yeah, more than usual"

"What’s up?"

I took a deep breath as I tried to figure out how to say it without sounding like a freak I really liked Dr Leblanc--not in a sexy way or anything Ew! But si to try and understand me I trusted him, and even I could admit that I wasn’t the type to trust many people I could do that bit of analysis onkinda cold," I said "I mean, I pick up these bodies, and I don’t even think about the fact they were once living people It doesn’t bug me, and I think it should" I el, you have a tough and crusty exterior, but you have the kindest,of the bodies as non-people is sies to protect you from the horribleness of e have to do We all do it" The sentle "We crack jokes and we’re terribly inappropriate because, if we focus on the loss, we’ll lose our ave my shoulder a squeeze "Besides, I know you’re not cold"

"How do you know?" I challenged

"Because you cry e get kids through here," he stated "No one jokes about the kids Those are the ones that get to us the most"