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"Really?" She eyedand part idiot "Because if you had died and wanted to stay on Earth to hang with your bro for all eternity, would you introduce yourself to the one person in the universe who could send you to the other side?"

She had a point

Taft finished his conversation and strolled back over "Is she here?" he asked, looking around They always looked around Not sure why

"In the flesh," I said "Metaphorically"

"Is she still mad at me?" He kicked the sand at his feet

Had I not been shell-shocked over the pending apocalypse, I would have laughed when Strawberry did the saround, disturbing nothing "I wasn’t irls to dinner" Before I could say anything, she reached up and curled her fingers into mine "He should take you to dinner"

To say that the rievous understatement I threw up a little innot to make a face "She’s not really mad," I told Taft when I recovered I leaned in and whispered, "Just please, for the love of God, find a girl good enough to take home to yourhis brows together

"And stop dating skanks"

Chapter Seven

I STOPPED FIGHTING MY INNER DEMONS

WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE NOW

--T-SHIRT

After presenting my ID at the front, I strolled into the central police station, where they’d brought Warren Jacobs for questioning, and spotted Ubie across a sea of desks Fortunately, only a couple of uniforms took note oftheir turf Partly because I was Ubie’s secret weapon, solving cases before they could, and partly because they thought I was a freak Neither particularly bothered ance, but I’d learned long ago that both attributes were needed for survival in their dangerous profession People were downright crazy

Ubie stood talking to another detective when I walked up to him At the lasta tail on oodness I did, because I al from my voice