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She nodded and rose to go back to her apartet some rest"

"Rest?" She pointed to Mr Coffee "You start the coffee and I’ll get dressed We’ll startphone calls immediately"

God, I loved that woman

We called every friend I’d ever had since the day I was born Not really, but it felt like it My friend Pari, a tattoo artist who’d been banned fro, complained for twenty minutes that I’d woken her After an eternity, she finally shut up long enough for roup of h another twenty minutes of what a stupid question that was

"It wouldn’t have seee by ued Either way, that was the last ti

By six, I was pretty much out of people that I could call friends Not that it tookfor people to answer their phones We had to call some repeatedly, a fact that they did not appreciate one bit

Next time, I’d just let the bad men keep them

Uncle Bob came over around six thirty, and we explained what had happened He kept checking out Cookie, worried about the events but dying to kno her date went I wasn’t about to tell hi to Ubie

"Don’t hit George" I scowled at hie because he just didn’t look like a Tom, Dick, or Harry "What did he ever do to you?"

Despite Reyes’s rocky disposition, his full mouth showed traces of a s old flecks brilliant even in the artificial light He offeredacrossmy cheek until he came to my ear His ware misses you" Then he stood and winked playfully

But what he did next surprised everyone in the room He bent down, kissed Cookie on the cheek, and whispered so in her ear, too I sat stunned That was the second time he’d kissed her cheek in as many days After a curt nod to Ubie, he strode out the door

"Is there so I need to know about you two?" I asked Cookie

It took her a low suffused her face "He thanked ood friend to you"

I put a hand overwhen he’s not killing demons and shit"

"True," she said