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Chapters (68)
  1. Biding Time
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Chapter Fifty-Two
  58. Chapter Fifty-Three
  59. Chapter Fifty-Four
  60. Chapter Fifty-Five
  61. Chapter Fifty-Six
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. Other Titles by Lyn Gardner
  64. Going on Red
  65. Choices
  66. Born Out of Wedlock
  67. Give Me A Reason
  68. Mistletoe

“Yes, and when that happened, I’d call in sick with a migraine and head out of town. Just in case I couldn’t stop myself from killing anyone, I wanted to make sure that didn’t happen near where I lived. There are enough gay bars around that I never had a problem finding and then convincing a couple of lesbians they wanted to have a good time with me. They’d take me back to their place, and then I would spend a few days feeding on them. Thankfully, I never killed any of them, and once I had my fill, I compelled them to forget.”

“And you have no problems with compelling people to forget a day or two of their lives or convincing them they want to have an orgy? Screwing with their minds like that?”

“Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it until you brought it up that night in the restaurant, but no. It’s not like I had much of a choice, and like you said, if it’s not in their nature, they won’t do it. Sort of like when I suggested that the property management folks convert the attic into apartments. If it weren’t a good idea, they wouldn’t have done it.”

“That was your idea?”

“Yeah. For my plan to work, I needed to be close to you, and although I’ve killed lots of people over the years, I didn’t see a point in murdering one of your neighbors just to get my hands on their apartment. Through my research, I knew that company basically had carte blanche in taking care of the building, so a few whispered suggestions was all it took to convince them they’d get a bit more bang for their buck if they converted the attic, and they did. With the low ceilings, I also usually had the floor to myself, and since you lived right below me, I could hear you come and go.”

“And what was your plan exactly? No,” Bennett said, holding up a finger. “Let me guess. You were going to make me fall in love with you, and once that happened, you’d confess your sins, and we’d join forces to bring down your brother.”

“Initially, yes, except I didn’t know you. Once I met you and listened to your stories, and especially after meeting Lisa, I knew that wasn’t going to happen.”

“Why?”