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“Can’t. I have to do a thing, and I don’t know when.”
Otto grunted a laugh. “How descriptive and detailed.”
“I don’t have the information at this point. I’ll find out soon though.”
He folded his hands on the table. “I require more context.”
“I don’t know enough to explain fully.” Nor did I want to. You might as well ask me to explain the stock market.
“Don’t play dumb with me, Lorelei. That act might work on Chief Garcia and others, but it doesn’t fool me.”
“I’m not playing dumb. I’m too lazy to say all the words required. My tongue gets tired.”
The cursed vampire fixed me with a stony stare. “I might not be able to see you, but I know you can see this face.”
“Very no nonsense.” I exhaled and out spilled the agreement to act as Dusty’s proxy. I omitted as many key facts as possible, including the mob connection.
“And you say she’s currently a swan?”
“Yes.”
“Is she at least enjoying your moat?”
“I offered, but she declined.”
The vampire chuckled. “I’m curious—why did you say yes?”
“Dusty is Gunther Saxon’s sister.”
“And? I fail to see the motivation.”
Before I moved to Fairhaven, I would’ve agreed with him. “I didn’t offer to help. They came to my house together and asked for it.”
“Like the young man who needed to find his missing sister.”
He meant Steven and Ashley Pratt, Nana Pratt’s grandchildren. “I guess, but Steven and I made a deal. He fixed my computer, and I found his sister.”
Otto placed five tiles on the board. “And the house on Thoreau Street.”
I felt my hackles rise. “What about it?”
“You agreed to help Big Boss.”
“Right, but I got a moat out of the deal. It isn’t like I’m doing these things out of the goodness of my heart.”
Otto smirked. “Heaven forfend. Then what are you getting out of the deal to act in the swan’s stead?”
“Money. Gun offered to pay me.”
“But you would’ve done it anyway.” It wasn’t a question.
“Everybody else said no. Dusty’s in trouble, and I’m in a position to help.”
“In other words, it’s a selfless act.”
“Did you miss the part where I’m getting paid? I’m also getting self-preservation. A bonus.”
Otto cocked his head. “How so?”
