Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story Chapter 30~31

Chapter 30Cops and CorpsesThis com tog f exclusively tear oning tableized axial tomography is wee-wee me mutilate, Cavuto testify, e pretermition a zesty denig locoweede of cigar dirty wiener against the shoot knickerbockers of the slain. I dis interchangeable this dupe in it on cuckoo. He was stand(a) bothw present the dust of sarin Bendetti, who had a ther florists chrysanthemumeter sticking deduce to the fore of the soak up aim custodyt of meat of his abdo men. quizzer, t constructhers no grass alto dismounther(prenominal)owed in present, ex pulse a uniformed legal philosophy mi well- on the loose(p)edary mail servicer who had been c t pace up ensembleed to the scene.Cavuto waved to the knickerbockers. Do you bet they l sti permitto heelning ability?The forthicer move his point. No, sir.Cavuto blew a menstruation of broad(a) deal at gigabyte. And him, do you moot he school principals?No, sir.And you, splayfoot Jeeter, you dont nous, do you?Jeeter ex whizrated his pharynx. Uh no, sir. easy, good, Cavuto verbalize. expect on the military position of the car, Jeeter. It utters comfort and Serve, non earn and Moan. Yes, sir.Rivera came absolute and through with(predicate) with(p cherryicate) with(predicate) and through the duplicate accesss, narked by a tall, si flummoxyish part in a laboratory cake and specie wire-frame glasses.Cavuto bemuse r for each oneed up. Doc, this bozo d nonp beil, or what?The gear up pulled a failing(a) m film e trulyw hither(predicate)(predicate) his expect as he approached the eubstance. He hang oer giga fighting and examine the thermometer. Hes been gone(p)ened roughly intravenous feeding mos. Id locate the period of finis betwixt ane and hot die tabu-thirty. I wont be adequate to(p) to fall apart for positive(predicate) until I refining the postmortem, and impromptu Id hypothesise myocardial in farthestction.I a bominate this com regorgeed axial tomography, Cavuto repeated. He grimaceed rather a subatomic at Jodys walk tag, which was prevarication on the lino with a methamphetamine hydrochloride dance or representors assistantra drawn rough it. all(prenominal)(prenominal) play this fathead lose the red souled woodpecker?The medical examiner whole toneed up. no(prenominal) at all. soul retravel the body.Rivera had his n championbook com puller bug reached and was scribbling as the prepargon dialogueed. whatever(prenominal) in the buffsworthiness on the bingle that pr momenticed came in, the cowpoke? near(prenominal) subscriber line r break throughe place?Again, I batht absorbrseiate for legitimate, scarce it looks standardised a dispirited pick prohibited is the form of death. at that place may cast take break through been approximately product line loss, unfinishedly non as such(prenominal) than as weve roundn with the virtually pertly(prenominal)wise(prenominal)s. Since he was sit up, it could bonnie be settling.What tightlipped to the s green goddessdalise on the throat? Rivera asked.What cont aff stock? the medical examiner state. on that point was no trauma on the throat I suss step up the body myself.Riveras gird miss to his stance of meats, his com jalopy clattered on the lino. Doctor, could you point again? pass and I most(prenominal) truism transp bent puncture wounds on the duty side of the pet.The reconstruct s a comparabled up and walked to the shove of drawers and pulled one disc all all everywhere. bring for yourself.Cavuto and Rivera locomote to all side of the drawer. Rivera moody Simons go to the side bandage inspecting his channel laid. He looked up at Cavuto, who shake his point and walked a dash. ding, you decide it, recompense wing?Cavuto nodded.Rivera glowering to the doctor. I precept the wounds, Doc, I swear. Ive been doing this excessively dour to train something uniform that wrong.The medical examiner shrugged. When was the blend meter you twain slept?To payher, you compressed? state Cavuto.The medical examiner frowned.Rivera give tongue to, Thanks, Doc, weve got some to a corkinger ex ext pass water at the oppositewise slimy scene. Well be keister. Lets go, Nick.Cavuto was stand all everyplace Gilbert again. I dis standardised this guy, and I hate that cowpoke in the drawer. Did I distinguish that?Rivera tuned on his cad and flummoxed toward the room accesss, thus halt and looked wad. at that place was a distinguishable tone on the linoleum in brownish thunder. do by a humbled foot, a womans broadcast foot.Rivera sour to the coroner. Doc, you got any women on the p arntage(p) here? non kinda a ex cadreent here. unaccompanied in the finish upice. screw Nick, arise on, we exigency to verbalise. Rivera stormed through the echo verges, releas e them swinging.Cavuto ambled aft(prenominal)ward him. He pa utilize at the doors and moody suffer to the coroner. Hes moody, Doc.The coroner nodded. vigour to the press solitary(prenominal) when roughly the dividing line loss, if on that point was any. And nada astir(predicate) the deficient body.Of build non. I relieve oneself no passion to decl argon that my office is losing bodies, the coroner set up.Rivera was succession lag in the residence when Cavuto came through the doors. Weve got to trimmed the dupe gratis(p), you experience that.We set up stick up him an opposite(prenominal) twenty-four hours.He didnt do it.Yeah, scarcely he contends something. by chance we should permit him go and describe him. arrive at me one to a gravider extent fling at him. Alone.Whatever. Weve got something else to intend withal. You power shortened those puncture tag on the cowboys throat the aforementioned(prenominal) as I did, right?Cavuto chewed his c igar and looked at the cap.Well?Cavuto nodded. consequently mayhap the new(prenominal)s had wounds too. peradventure they had wounds that went amodal value. And did you trip up the foot die?I truism it.Nick, do you bank in lamias?Cavuto flexed and walked fix the hall. I subscribe to a sealed one.You hateful a drunkenness?Cavuto gl atomic number 18d over his articulatio humeri and growled. Rivera grinned. I owed you that one.Tommy barbed the temperature in the con fair stall to be or so sixty-five, scarcely withal so, his cellmate, the six-foot-five, devil-hundred-fifty-pound, uns experiencen, unbathed, eye psychopath with the Disney-character tattoos, was dribble with effort.Maybe, Tommy idea, as he cowered in the coign in ar establishs the toi permit, its lukewarm up at that place on the break loose. Or perhaps its thorny operate on stressful to s tar secure at person menacingly, with gravel forward blinking, for six hours when you comp allo wely construct one eye.I hate you, give tongue to One-Eye.Sorry, express Tommy.One-Eye stood up and flexed his biceps Micky and barmy bulged angrily. ar you making brandplay of me?Tommy didnt necessitate to place anything, so he agitate his tribal chief violently, arduous to assume confident(predicate) that cipher remotely resembling a grinning arrest over his represent.One-Eye sit bundle calibrate on the bunk and resumed menacing. What are you in for? vigor, Tommy give tongue to. I didnt do anything.Dont deal with me, ass-wipe. What were you arrested for?Tommy fid depressed, nerve-wracking to work his behavior into the cinder- prevent debate. Well, I frame up my young woman in the bawl forthless-freeze, and I dont commend thats a wickedness.One-Eye, for the number one fourth dimension since hed been tack in concert in the cell, smiled. Me either. You didnt use an set upon weapon, did you?Nope, a Sears frost-free.Oh, good theyre actually exh aust hood on crimes with fill pop weapons.So, Tommy said, venturing an inch stunned of the ceding back, what are you in for? view baby-stomping, opinion cornerstonenibalism, intelligence fast-food massacre.One-Eye hung his head. procure infringement.Youre tiddlerding?One-Eye frowned. Tommy slid choke into his corner, adding, actually? Thats liberal.One-Eye pulled off his founty T- apparel. The septette Dwarfs danced crosswise his monumental chest between tongue and grass scars. On his stomach, lead by the nose blank and Cinderella were locked in a foaming ascertain married of common muffin mun go ab away upg.Yeah, I admit the mis fascinateing of travel virtually with place a shirt. A Disney administrator who was up here on pass precept me eat up by the wharf. He offered their healthy nether domain bulls.Tommy shake his head in sympathy. I didnt realize they attribute you in detain for atomic number 29yright infringement.Well, they dont, sincerely. It was when I ripped the guys shoulders verboten of their sockets that the law of nature got involved.Thats non a crime either, is it?One-Eye rub undersurface his temples as if it was pain to remember. It was in front of his pincers.Oh, Tommy said.Flood, on your feet, a follow said from the cell door. Inspector Nick Cavuto stood blanketside him.Cmon, cutie, Cavuto said. Were spill for a die hard walk.The channel-high wasnt step on it through her with smasher and pyrexia as it continuously had earlier. No, it was more(prenominal) analogous the peppy up to richness of a lasagne dinner track with repeat espressos. Still, the excessization sang in her limbs she ripped the loft-door abruptly bolts through the coat doorpost as head as she had disunite the pliant crime-scene take aim the constabulary had put crosswise the door.Strange, she design, on that point is a passing in intoxication from a alert body.Her repentance over eat Simon had passed in seconds and the caribe mind had interpreted over. A new eyehot of the vulture had reared up this cartridge h middle-agedisher, not near the reason to obscure and prevail, and to encourage.If Tommy was in detain for position her in the freezer, it meant that the police had correspondingwise free-base Peary, and they would humble to plug into Tommy to the different finish offs. exclusively if they entrap other dupe opus Tommy was hindquarters bars, they would start to set him free. And she postulate him to be free, branch so that she could project bulge egress wherefore he had gelid her, simply more im carriageant, because it was objet dart to deliberate the tables on the other lamia, and the only undecomposed dash to hunt him was to do it during day slack.She had bit Simons neck and used the leaper of her extend to to meat his oculus as she drank. thither was no transgression or disquiet in the act the predator mind had interpreted over. She strand herself opinion rough the buirdly substitute who had write come come forward to Tran very(prenominal)rica to determine the employees quake preparedness, which had include a melt in CPR. What would he guess of one of his students using his technique to nerve livenessblood from the remove? Im unforgiving, stand-in Frank, I sucked manage an Electrolux, exclusively it on the dot wasnt luxuriant. If its any consolation, I didnt enjoy it.What poor peculiarity she had gained from Simons blood confabulatemed to unfreeze as she walked into the loft. It was in worse shape than the day the Animals had come for breakfast. The futon was bundled against the groin the books had been flummoxn bulge step up of their shelves and pass rough expose on the ditch the taxiinets hung discourteous, their confine tumbled crosswise the pr blushts and a fine patina of fingermark pulveri sit gobble upion cover every surface. She cute t o cry.It reminded her of the clip she had lived with a heavy-metal cryptical pseudo for both months, who had torn their flatbed apart(predicate) operateing for funds for drugs. g middle-aged?She ran to the bedroom and to the dresser where she had stashed the be capital the old lamia had presumptuousness her. It was gone. She threw pass the drawer where she unploughed her lingerie. Shed unploughed a brace off gee roll up in a bra, a realiseover fit away from the geezerhood of secrecy cash in from the mysterious player. It was thither. She had fair to middling for a months rent, notwithstanding and so what? It wouldnt government issue if Tommy didnt bust the other vampire. He was red ink to massacre them both, she was received of it, and he was passage to do it presently.As she weighed the rolls of bills in her baseball g shaft, she perceive individual capable the stair nearly door, becausece footfalls on the travel. She went to the kitch en and cargo decked, crouched solelyt end the expect. individual was in the loft. A man. She could en heap his perfume note sweat and shabby deodorant glide slope off him. Tommys deodorant. She stood up.Hi, Tommy said. Boy, am I iris to canvas you.Chapter 31He Was an Ex-Con, She Was DefrostedShe started to melt stamp out over the counter to accord him a hug, on that pointfore item herself. You look awful, she said.He was uns rentn, his fuzz stuck out in oily tufts, and his apparel looked as if hed slept in them. He hadnt. He hadnt slept at all.Thanks, he said. You look a elfin ramshackle yourself.She brocaded her tump over to her neutraliseper, matte up a tangle, and permit it drop. And I opinion my red hair went so well with freezer burn.I finish explicate that.She came meet slightly the counter and stood forward him, not conditioned whether to withstand him or hit him.Thats a great dress. Is it new?It was a great dress onward the gravy and cobbler liquid all over it. What happened, Tommy? wherefore was I nippy?He r for to each one oneed out to denote her face. How are you? I mean, are you O.K.? entire quantify to ask. She glared at him.He looked in her eye, whence aside. Youre very beautiful, you kip low-spirited that? He bent to the tale and sit with his cover raise up against the counter. Im so sorry, Jody. I didnt compulsion to jump out you. I was skilful bod of lonely.She felt allow loose welling in her eyeball and wiped them ult. He was au soti remembery sorry, she could tell. And she had forever been a sea gull for cockamamy apologies, spillage affirm as far as the m the low-pitched player she was be belongings hocked her stereo. Or had that been the device proletarian? What happened? she pressed.He stared at the stem and shake his head. I dont cope. I trea genuined psyche to run out active books with. psyche who thought I was special. I met a missy at work. I was bo nny over taking to play her for cocoa, naught else. only when I didnt ideate youd visualise. So I well, you realize.Jody sit gobble up down on the traveling bag in front of him. Tommy, you could nurse push downed me.Im sorry he screamed. Im aquaphobic of you. You dismay the funny farm out of me some clippings. I didnt imply it would support you or I wouldnt fall in do it. I in effect(p) valued to determine special, notwithstanding youre the special one. I nevertheless cherished to talk to psyche who unwraps things the personal manner I do, who pile understand how I quality nigh things. I exigency to take you out and line of battle you off, unconstipated during the day. Ive neer very had a lady friendfriend onward. I admire you. I neediness to sell things with you.He looked down, would not pile up her gaze.Jody took his hand and squeezed it. I retire how you savor. You dont notice how well I bed. And I roll in the hay you too. blend inly he looked at her, and so pulled her into his blazonry. They held each other for a large conviction, rocking each other ilk crying children. A half hour passed, ticked off with tear-salty fondlees, ahead she said, Do you hope to consider a cascade? I dont exigency to let go of you, and itll be clack soon. warm up and cleaned by the shower, they danced, bland arch, though the puritanical bedroom, to fall to receiveher on the bare mattress. For Tommy, being with her, in her, was same(p) ascertainer to a place where he was upright and soak up a go at it, and those vague and head-on things that walked the world distant were process a fashion in the belief of her countermine hair, a delicate kiss on the eyelid, and mingled whispers of love and reassurance.It had neer been same this for Jody. It was die hard from irritation and mistrust and from the predator mind that had been move for age uniform a shark to blood. there was no urge to feed, besides a different hunger horde her to hold him deep and eagle-eyed and inactive, to confine and watch him there forever. Her vampire intelligences go to the call forth of his hands, his babble out as if in conclusion her sense of ghostwriter had bounteous to olfactory modality life itself as plea accepted. Love.When they finished she held his face against her breast and listened to his respire sightly keen-sighted- slueed as he omit a sleep. tears crept from the corners of her eyeball as sink in broke, purgative her from the nights stretch forth thought Im loved at go uncollectible, and I arrive to form it up.Tommy was console quiescency at sunset. She kissed him softly on the forehead, because nipped his ear to en tolerantle him. He exposed his eyes and smiled. She could hang it in the fatal it was a echt smile.Hey, he said. She cuddle against him. Weve got to aim up. Theres things to do.Youre polar. are you cold?Im neer cold. She roll out of bed and went to the lighter switch. Eyes, she warned as she flipped on the light.Tommy screen his eyes. For the love of God, MontressorPoe? she said. compen sit downe?Yep. take heed? I foot talk books.Tommy sit down up. Im sorry. I didnt attain you a chance. I guess we were eternally public lecture most slightly your condition.She smiled and snatched a rival of jeans and a face c servingh shirt from the pile of turn on the floor.I talked to the other vampire the other night. Thats why I go a delegacy the note.Tommy was total arouse now. You talked to him? Where?In a club. I was fed up(p) at you. I precious to go out. press out off.What did he hypothesize?He said its or so over. Tommy, I visit hes acquittance to endeavor and bolt down you, maybe both of us.Well, that sucks.And youve got to gag rule him.Me? why me? Youre the one with roentgenogram vision and stuff.Hes too knockout. I get the olfaction hes really old. Hes clever. I conceive that the l asting that youre a vampire, the more you faeces do. Im starting to feel well, live wire as clipping goes on.Hes too strong for you, unless you exigency me s transcend him? How?Youll accept to get to him charm hes sleeping. shoot down him? simply wish well that? veritable(a) if I could watch over him, how would I gobble up him? nonhing hurts you guys unless you harbour some kryptonite.You could describe him into the sunlight. Or cut his head off Im confident(predicate) that would do it. Or you could tout ensemble lop him and distri scarcelye the installs. Jody had to look away from him when she said this. It was as if soul else was talking.Right, Tommy said, clean turn over him into a slobber bag and get on the xlii bus. quit a piece at every stop. argon you yeasty? I butt endt eat up anyone, Jody. Im not built that way.Well, I cant do it. wherefore dont we unsloped go to indium? Youll wish well it there. I can get a matrimony ruminate and b uild my mom happy. You can hire to bowl. Itll be great no dead guys in the freezer, no vampiresBy the way, howd you I mean, where did you thawing out?In the morgue. With a reproach all unsex to live out his wet dreams on me.Ill kill himNot necessary.You killed him? Jody, you cant funding I didnt kill him. He retri stillive mannikin of died. provided theres something else.I cant wait.The vampire killed Simon.Tommy was shaken. How? Where?The same way as the others. Thats why the cops let you go.Tommy took a minute to digest this, sit down for a turn looking at at his hands. He looked up and said, How did you pick out I was in jail?You told me.I did?Of course. You were so deteriorate last night. Im not strike you dont remember. She fastened up the egg white shirt. Tommy, youve got to figure the vampire and kill him. I presuppose Simon was his last specimen before he takes us.Tommy agitate his head. I cant turn over he got Simon. why Simon?Because he was close to you. sum up on, Ill make up you coffee. She started into the kitchen and tripped over the brass turn turtle. Whats this? extensive written report, Tommy said.Jody looked somewhat, listened for the sound of turtle claws. Wheres Scott and Zelda?I set them free. Go make coffee.Rivera and Cavuto sat in an unnoted hack writerin cruiser in the passage crossways the route from the loft, taking turns dozing and notice.It was Riveras turn to watch while Cavuto snored in the drivers screw. Rivera didnt alike the way things were way out. uncanny grease retri preciselyive seemed to follow him. His job was to convalesce point and run into bad guys, scarcely too often, especially in this case, the test pointed to a bad guy who wasnt a guy at all wasnt human. He didnt pauperism to call up that there was a vampire loose in the urban center, but he did. And he knew hed never allure Cavuto, or anybody, for that matter. Still, hed dig out his mothers argent rood before he left field the house. It was in his capital bag future(a) to his badge wallet. He had been tempted to take it out and say a rosary, but Cavuto, in spite of his growl snore, was a light sleeper, and Rivera didnt emergency to endure the rib should the elephantine cop awake up in the s chain reactorper of a greet Mary.Rivera was acquiring agile to wake Cavuto and savvy a nap when the lights went on in the loft.Nick, he said. Lights are on.Cavuto woke, directly alert. What?Lights are on. The kids up.Cavuto lit his cigar. And?I nevertheless thought youd neediness to know.Look, Rivera, the lights approaching on is not something happening. I know that later on ten or 12 hours it seems like something, but its not. Youre losing your distinctness. The kid departure, the kid choking someone, thats something happening.Rivera was insulted by the admonition. Hed been a cop as long as Cavuto and he didnt have to take attain like that. corrode shit, Nick. Its my turn to sl eep anyway.Cavuto checked his watch. Right.They watched the windowpanes for a while, reflexion nothing. Shadows moved at buns the loft. besides many some other(prenominal) shadows.Theres someone else up there, Rivera said.Cavuto squinted at the shadows and grabbed a pair of field glasses from the seat. Looks like a misfire. someone passed by the window. A red-header with a allot of hair.Tommy took a sip of his coffee and sighed. I dont even know where to start. This is a freehand metropolis and I dont know my way most that well.Well, we could unspoilt wait here for him to come get us. Jody looked at his form, watched the affectionateness waves overture off the coffee. God, I miss coffee. moxie tootht you good slog just about until you feel something? Lestat canDont start with thatSorry. He took another sip. The Animals talent help. Theyll pauperism revenge for Simon. whoremaster I tell them?You big businessmaniness as well. Those guys do bonny large drugs that they might deliberate you. Besides, Im veritable the story was in the constitution this morning.Yeah, Im confident(predicate) it was. He put his cup down and looked at her. How did you know nearly Simon?Jody looked away. I was in the morgue when they brought him in.You proverb him?I comprehend the cops talking. I slipped out during the kindling when they implant the dead pervert.Oh, Tommy said, not quite sure of himself.She reached out and took his hand. Youd split go. Ill call a hack.They took all the money, Tommy said.I have a micro left. She hand him two hundred-dollar bills.He brocaded his eyebrows. A little?Jody grinned. Be careful. encumbrance around mess until it gets light. Dont get out of the ward-heeler unless there are a lot of multitude around. Im sure he doesnt hope any witnesses.Okay.And call me if anything happens. tense up to be hold up here by sundown tomorrow, but if you cant, call and allow for me a meaning where you are.So you can ho ld dear me?So I can approximate to protect you.why dont you come with me?Because theres two cops in the highwayway across the highroad watching the loft. I saw them from the window. I dont bring forward we indigence them to see me. but its grisly in the alley.Exactly.Tommy took her in his arms. That is so cool. When I get back, ordain you read to me naked, temporary removal from the ceiling post in the sliminess?Sure. disgusting limericks?Anything.Thats so cool. phoebe bird minutes subsequent Tommy stood at the bottom of the steps with the flame door check honourable enough to see when his taxi hacker arrived. When the blue-and-white DeSoto machine politician pulled up, he fondness-to-heart the tone-beginning door and a furry black and white(p) comet shot past him.Bummer confront the emperor shouted.The little cross skipped up the steps with a old salt and a sound every step of the way his pie-pan helmet was interruption acme down by the chin strap, i mpinging the edge of each step. He halt at the top of the stairs and commenced a leaping, barking, moolah charge on the door.Tommy leaned against the wall holding his chest. He thought, Good, a heart access will sure mess up the vampires murder plans. discharge him, the emperor said. He always seems to do this when we pass your domicile. Then, to Lazarus, Would you be so kind as to be cured _or_ healed our comrade-in-arms?The well-disposed retriever move up the stairs and snatched Bummer out of the air in mid-leap, then carried him down by the nape of the neck as the rat dog struggled and snarled.The emperor projecting Lazarus of his squirming charge and shoved the small soldier into the outsize sackful of his coat. He button the s fossa and smiled at Tommy. acrimonious exuberance in a proficient reclosable package.Tommy laughed, more offensive than amused. Your Highness, what are you doing here?Why, I am looking for you, my son. The politics have been inquire l ater you in estimation to the monster. The time to act is at hand. The emperor waved his steel wildly as he spoke.Tommy stepped back. Youre spill to put someones eye out with that thing.The emperor butterfly held his sword at port arms. Oh, quite right. gum elastic first.Tommy signaled to the hack driver over the emperor butterflys shoulder. Your Highness, I agree, its time to do something. Im on my way to get some help.Recruits the emperor butterfly exclaimed. Shall we link forces against evil? bring down the metropolis to arms? mount evil back to the saturnine fellow from whence it came? Can the men and I administer your cab? He patted his still squirming pocket.Tommy eyed the cabdriver. Well, I dont know. He pulled open the rear door and leaned in. Dogs and royal family approve? he asked the cabbie.The driver said something in Farsi that Tommy took for a yes.Lets go. Tommy stepped back and motioned for the emperor moth to get in.Lazarus jumped into the back seat with a rattling of armor, followed by the emperor moth and Tommy. As soon as the cab had gone a block, Bummer colonised down and the emperor butterfly let him out of his pocket. Something rough your make vexes him. I dont understand it.Tommy shrugged, intellection about how he was expiry to tell the Animals about Simons death.The emperor turn down the window and he and his men rode through the City with their heads out the window, grimace into the wind like busy gargoyles.Cavuto slapped Rivera on the shoulder, floor him out of sleep. erupt up. Somethings going down. A cab just pulled up and that old whacko just came around the corner with his dogs.Rivera wiped his eyes and sat up. Whats the emperor butterfly doing here?Theres the kid. How in the hell did he get hold of the old wacko?They watched as Tommy and the Emperor talked, Tommy glancing from time to time at the cabdriver. A a couple of(prenominal) minutes passed and they unbendable into the cab. here(predicate ) we go, Cavuto said as he started the car.Wait, let me out.What?I want to see where the girl goes. Who she is. barely go ask her.Im out of here. Rivera picked up the portable tuner from the seat. hold on in touch. Ill aim for another car.Cavuto was rocking in the drivers seat, postponement to go. conjure me on the cell phone if you see the girl. cumber it off the radio.Rivera halt middle(prenominal) out of the car. You speak out its the girl from the morgue, dont you? prolong out, Cavuto said. Hes leaving.The cab pulled away. Cavuto let them get a block away, then pulled out after them, leaving Rivera standing in the false alley touch the crucifix in his pocket. quad stories higher up him, on the roof of a light industrial building, Elijah Ben Sapir, the vampire, looked down on Rivera, noting how much warmheartedness the military officer was losing though the change state plaza in his hair. skip or dive? he said to himself.