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said, but
    whatever it was caused Sid’s face to wrinkle. He flipped her the bird and
    walked back into his apartment.
    I raised my hands in question. “What’d you say?”
    She rubbed her chin. “I have no idea. I don’t speak Tibetan.” I raised
    an eyebrow, but before I could question her further, she said, “We should go.
    Now.”
    I frowned, but the look on her face convinced me quick enough.
    “Okay, but what about Bob?”
    “Angel you mean?”
    Shit. “Yeah, Angel.” I yawned, overcoming by an intense exhaustion.
    My legs felt heavy, so heavy I couldn’t raise them. I closed my eyes,
    preparing to lie down and take a tiny, little nap.
    A sharp, stinging slap across my face knocked me from the trance.
    Lilith rubbed her palm, a smile on her face. “I’ve wanted to do that since the
    moment I met you.”
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    “Glad I could fulfill that fantasy.” I shook my head, ridding it of
    whatever spell I had slipped under. “Let’s get the hell out of here.”
    I grabbed Lilith’s hand and ran down the stairs. Mary stood at the top
    step, her beautiful face glowing in the sunlight. Her eyes sparkled indigo
    waves, eyes like the calm waters of the ocean before a storm.
    I stopped at the bottom of the stairwell. “Mary.”
    “Damn it.” Lilith twisted her fingers in my belt loop and dragged me
    out the door.
    On the street, she pulled me into a pale blue 1972 Gremlin. Yeah, a
    Gremlin. The lamest car ever built, and probably a decade older than Lilith.
    “Nice ride.” I waved to the rust-spotted vehicle.
    “It gets me around.”
    “And in style.” I opened the passenger side door and slid inside. The
    interior seemed new, clean, and smelled of foreign tobacco and feminine
    mystery. “Where are we going?”
    “To see my ex-husband.” Lilith shoved a key into the ignition,
    pumped the gas a few times, and punched the dashboard before starting the
    engine. I raised an eyebrow. She shook her head. “I’m a bit superstitious.”
    The car turned over with a pop, and we took off down the street.
    So there we were, rushing across town on the way to visit Lilith’s ex-
    husband, in hopes of finding the son of God. Even odder, a blond-headed
    angel ran after the Gremlin, his white robe flowing behind him, hair rollers
    bouncing in the wind.
    I glanced in the passenger side mirror and laughed. Lilith looked over
    at me and I shrugged. We were better off without the angel anyway. I rolled
    up my window, and cracked up the radio to drown out the angel’s cries for us
    to stop.
    The radio newscaster was saying: “People in Newark area are
    flabbergasted by the spoiled milk. Is it some sort of terrorist attack on our
    nation’s dependence on dairy—”
    I flipped the radio off, and rubbed my five o’clock shadow. “Do you
    want to talk about what happened back there?”
    “Not really, but I will if you insist.”
    “I insist.”
    She sighed loudly. “Fine. Mary.”
    That was it. Mary. Was it supposed to mean something? “What about
    her?”
    “You’re kidding me, right?” Her eyes widened. The sun reflected off
    her black pupils, and a stirring of something deep inside me grew. Fear?
    Lust? Evil?
    Lilith braked hard and pulled into an empty alleyway. She stopped
    the car, got out, and started pacing.
    I stepped out too, but wearily. “Are you jealous?”
    Her cat-eyes exploded into burning amber embers. “Jealous?” Her
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    fist caught me in the solar plexus.
    I doubled over, trying hard not to puke. “What the fuck was that
    for?”
    “Do you know the danger you’re in?” She bent down next to me,
    raising my face to meet her eyes.
    I pushed her away. “No, and you do?” Danger? I’d lost God’s kid.
    How much more danger could I be in? Hell might be too nice of a place for
    me once the Big Guy got word of how badly I’d fucked up.
    “Don’t trust anyone, not even your own eyes. Forces are at work.
    Evil forces sent to—”
    I cut her off with a wave. “Destroy me and the very