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He looked back at me in surprise "Sweetheart, you’re the only one who can"

I wasn’t going to argue with hi toatlanced around self-consciously

"Are you laughing at

"No," I proain

"Babe!"

I turned and grinned at Brad as he stuck his head through the pass-out"You cary, handsorin slid across his face "You just said theGod only knehat But I was fairly certain his creation would be nothing short of a work of art

"Soart, "our memories are hidden, buried And when people cross, I can see theht have seen Mi everyone else h me, I can scan your memories, look for her But I won’t make you cross" I didn’t bother to mention that I couldn’t do that anyway

He shook his head "Don’t really have anyone waiting onI proot people" After a heavy sigh, he said, "I think I’ll pass, if it’s all the sa, he knew that, but he didn’t feel worthy to cross He’d done so that caused a rift,I could talk hi earthbound But he had his reasons I wasn’t going to push

"When you’re ready," I said, placing a hand on his arm He looked down, picked upa soft kiss on lanced at Cookie in defeat "He didn’t buy it"

"You can see theirshould awe her at this point was beyond me

"I can, but I’ve never tried to scan theh I have to try And I have one estured for her to pick up her cup and followarea About a dozen tables peppered the large roohts were low, and a young couple sat whispering by one of the large plateglass s that overlooked the intersection At a table farther back sat the wo-addicted prostitute From the look of her skin, she’d done her fair share of meth

I eyed the chair, then Cookie "You’ll be cold," I told her, regret fillingodd looks from Norma I really needed her in front of shells, she took a careful step forward then sat down, curling inside herself The woh her, completely oblivious of the fact that her personal space had been invaded "This is disturbing on so many levels," Cookie said

"I know I’m sorry"