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Laurell Hamilton
Blue Moon

1

I was dreaming of cool flesh and sheets the color of fresh blood. The phone
shattered the dream, leaving only fragments, a glimpse of midnight blue eyes,
hands gliding down my body, his hair flung across my face in a sweet, scented
cloud. I woke in my own house, miles from Jean-Claude with the feel of his
body clinging to me. I fumbled the phone from the bedside table and mumbled,
"Hello."
"Anita, is that you?" It was Daniel Zeeman, Richard's baby brother. Daniel
was twenty-four and cute as a bug's ear. Baby didn't really cover it. Richard
had been my fiance once upon a time -тАУ until I chose Jean-Claude over him.
Sleeping with the other man put a real crimp in our social plans. Not that I
blamed Richard. No, I blamed myself. It was one of the few things Richard and
I still shared.
I squinted at the glowing dial of the bedside clock. 3:10 A.M. "Daniel,
what's wrong?" No one calls at ten after the witching hour with good news.
He took a deep breath, as if preparing himself for the next line.
"Richard's in jail."
I sat up, sheets sliding in a bundle to my lap. "What did you say?" I was
suddenly wide awake, heart thudding, adrenaline pumping.
"Richard is in jail," he repeated.
I didn't make him say it again, though I wanted to. "What for?" I asked.
"Attempted rape," he said.
"What?" I said.
Daniel repeated it. It didn't make any more sense the second time I heard
it. "Richard is like the ultimate Boy Scout," I said. "I'd believe murder
before I'd believe rape."
"I guess that's a compliment," he said.
"You know what I meant, Daniel. Richard wouldn't do something like that."
"I agree," he said.
"Is he in Saint Louis?" I asked.
"No, he's still in Tennessee. He finished up his requirements for his
master's degree and got arrested that night."
"Tell me what happened."
"I don't exactly know," he said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"They won't let me see him," Daniel said.
"Why not?"