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I just stared at her, my face professionally blank, but inwardly, I was
cursing my boss. He and I had had discussions about exactly what
my job description was, and suicidal daughters weren't part of that
description.

"Have you gone to the police?" I asked.

"They won't do anything for twenty-four hours, but by then it will be
too late."

"I have a friend who is a private detective. This sounds much more
up her alley than mine, Ms. Mackenzie." I was already reaching for
the phone. "I'll call her at home for you."

"No," she said, "only you can help me."

I sighed and clasped my hands across the clean top of my desk.
Most of my work wasn't indoor office work, so the desk didn't really
see much use. "You're daughter is alive, Ms. Mackenzie, so you
don't need me to raise her. She's not a rogue vampire, so you
don't need an executioner. How can I be of any help to you?"

She leaned forward; the Kleenex waded in her hands, her eyes
fierce again. "If you don't help me by morning she will be a
vampire."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"She's determined to become one of them tonight."

"It takes three bites to become a vampire, Ms. Mackenzie, and they
all have to be from the same vampire. You can't become one in a
single night, and you can't become one if you're just being casual
with more than one."

"She has two bites on her thighs. I accidentally walked in on her
when she was getting out of the shower and I saw them."

"Are you sure they were vampire bites?" I asked.

She nodded. "I made a scene. I grabbed her, wrestled with her so
I could see them clearly. They are vampire bites, just like the
pictures they passed around at the last PTA meeting so we could
recognize it. You know one of those people lecturing on how to
know if your kids are involved with the monsters."

I nodded. I knew the kind of person she meant. Some of it was
valuable information, some of it was just scare tactics, and some of
it was racist, if that was the term. Prejudiced at least.