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I would have argued, if I could have. Jean-Claude grabbed a handful of my hair, pulled my head back, and kissed me. I opened it up and read it, though I already knew what it was. Shit, I thought.

I've got police waiting in the other room. It would feel so good to lift them all up, so good. For the first time, I wondered how much of Jean-Claude's abilities worked on Richard. Nothing had changed, so what had woken me?I lay there, straining to listen.