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was.

"How's Bubba?" I asked finally.

"He's in New Orleans right now," Bill said. "The queen likes to keep him around from time to

time, and he was so visible here over the last month that it seemed like a good idea to take him

elsewhere. He'll be back soon."

You'd recognize Bubba if you saw him; everyone knows his face. But he hadn't been "brought

over" too successfully. Probably the morgue attendant, who happened to be a vampire, should have

ignored the tiny spark of life. But since he was a great fan, he hadn't been able to resist the attempt, and

now the entire southern vampire community shuffled Bubba around and tried to keep him from public

view.

Another silence fell. I'd planned on taking off my shoes and uniform, putting on a cuddly robe,

and watching television with a Freschetta pizza by my side. It was a humble plan, but it was my own.

Instead, here I was, suffering.

"If you have something to say, you better go on and say it," I told him.

He nodded, almost to himself. "I have to explain," he said. His white hands arranged themselves

in his lap. "Lorena and IтАФ"

I flinched involuntarily. I never wanted to hear that name again. He'd dumped me for Lorena.

"I have to tell you," he said, almost angrily. He'd seen me twitch. "Give me this chance." After a

second, I waved a hand to tell him to continue.

"The reason I went to Jackson when she called me is that I couldn't help myself," he said.

My eyebrows flew up. I'd heard that before. It means, "I have no self-control," or, "It seemed

worth it at the time, and I wasn't thinking north of my belt."

"We were lovers long ago. As Eric says he told you, vampire liaisons don't tend to last long,

though they're very intense while they are ongoing. However, what Eric did not tell you was that Lorena

was the vampire who brought me over."