dory

What bug crawled up your ass?" I demanded."If you mean, why I am upset? I should think that would be obvious!"It took me a second, but I got it. "Oh, come on. You're not still pissed about__ou did the same damn thing to me!"He had the utter gall to look offended. "I did nothing of the sort_"I stared at him. "And just how do you figure that? You stripped me butt naked, diddled me over a desk and stole my duffel bag. And my clothes!"Somebody made a choking sound. I glanced up to find the door to the study open, and the old vamp looking scandalized. "Diddled?" Anthony asked, apparently delighted. Mircea closed his eyes.

I routinely inform people when I meet them that I am like a real life version of Dory the fish, as I am very forgetful and have problems tracking conversations.

I was hoping that the first time you expressed affection for me, it would not be in a room full of strangers. And that you would not have just said it to a sniveling creature like that Raymond!_ __ expressed affection for Ray?_ __es!_ __an, I really must be drunk._ Louis-Cesare just looked at me. I blinked politely back, until I realized that he expected a response.

That wasn__ so bad,_ I decided, after downing the shot. Maybe I was getting my rhythm. __ecause you threw it over your shoulder,_ Scarface told me, looking smug. __id not._ I looked behind me, only to see an outraged vamp with fey wine dripping down his face. __ops._ __t was for luck,_ Ray said defensively, wrapping both my hands around a glass. __rink!_ I drank.

When life gets you down do you wanna know what you__e gotta do? . . . Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

The only good thing was that by midnight, even most of the bums had gone home to sleep it off. That was lucky for them, because Ray was the worst damn driver I__ ever seen. And that was after I jerked his head out of the duffel and parked it on the dashboard.__ah! That makes it worse!_ he told me, as I tried to get the eyes facing forward.__ow can it possibly be worse?___ecause I got double vision now! Get it off! Get it off!__e batted at his own head and succeeded in sending it tumbling into Christine__ lap. She immediately went into hysterics and slapped it away. The head fell out of the car; Ray hit the brakes and we came to a screeching halt.__hat are you doing?_ I screeched, as he hopped out. __here are people firing at us!___ough!_ came from somewhere under the car.

Anyone can have a friend, but the one that would walk in a storm to find you is all you will ever need.

Sure. And you say hi to Dory, __? C__on Will _ let__ get you to the Sheriff. I need a cold one.___ippee._ Said Will, not exactly brimming over with enthusiasm.Timaset Skooch reached across the table and packed the notes together. He counted them out too. Seven thousand credits! Then he scooped the coins and the (ugh) gold tooth into an empty glass for the waitress. Seven thousand credits! But what was the plastic slip under it all?