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why I kept writing the columns, no matter how irritated everyone got.
"Never mind," Tina said hastily. "How are you both?"
"We're real good," Liam replied in his flat Midwestern drawl. Looking at him,
you'd never know he was rich. His dad had invented the first pocket calendars
with three-hole punches, or some such thing. "Real good. And you're looking
good. The same, in fact."
"Oh, well." I modestly patted my hair. There were a few advantages to being a
vampire, and not looking my age was big number one. I'd never need highlights
again. "What can I say? How're things up in Embarrass?" What a dorky name for
a town.
"The same." Not real chatty, this guy.
"Majesties," Sophie offered. "We have a reason for stopping by, if you don't
mind."
"And miss all the scintillating small talk?" Jessica muttered from the back of the
room. She had used her brief time upstairs to freshen her jack-o'-lantern lipstick.
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"Truth be told," Liam said, ignoring the snarky comment, "it's about me. And my
age. Sophie'sтАФwell, you knowтАФbut I'm not exactly standing still. We were
thinking about her turning me. We wanted to know, er, urn, well, what you
thought about that."
At first I had no idea what he was talking about. "Turning you into what? A
Republican?"
"A vampire, dumb shit," Jessica said. I bit my tongue and let that one pass, but
made a mental note to get her alone and find out just what had made the
incredible upward journey deep into her large intestine.
My jaw went slack with horror as I turned back to the happy couple. "Why
would you want to do that?"
They looked at each other, then at me. "Not everyone has the same view of the
undead as you do, my queen," Sophie said. "And I have lost too many lovers to
death."
"Oh," I said, because nobody else was saying anything. "Well, that's a shame.
Uh. Liam? You, uh, think this is a good idea, do you? Because loving a vampire
and being a vampireтАФthose are two very different things. One can be very nice.
The other can be pure hell." Eric moved perceptibly at this comment, but didn't
say anything.
"I'm not real keen on giving up salmon hash and fried eggs," Liam replied. "But
I'm less keen on giving up Sophie. The idea of eternal loveтАФit'sтАж well, it'sтАФ"
"He's dying," she explained.
"What?" Jessica and I squawked in unison.
"He's only got thirty, forty years leftтАФassuming he doesn't get run over by a bus
or hit by lightning." Or have a heart attack from all the fried eggs. For the first


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