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Barbara took the flyer she d taken from one of Tammy s boxes to him. I m looking
for information.
About our organization?
To start. She held out the flyer. I got this from my sister.
Your sister? He peered at her closely then suddenly grinned. You mean Tammy?
Yeah, I can believe that. You look like her. Suddenly all friendliness, he held out his
hand and shook hers, then Al s. I m Thompson. I run this place.
Al nodded at him. Al Lupas, and Babe& that is, Barbara Grisloup.
Glad to meet you. Any friends of Tammy s are friends of mine.
Babe spoke up. So when did you see Tammy last?
He nodded at the flyer. Not for a few days. She was supposed to drop those off
yesterday. Are you doing it for her?
Yes& I mean no. We have the flyers but Tammy didn t give them to me. We found
them in her car. She s& disappeared.
A look of shock then worry took over Thompson s face. What do you mean
disappeared ?
Someone snagged her and her boyfriend out of her car at the beach last night.
Thompson s face cleared. You found the car abandoned? Maybe they just went for
a swim.
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He looked too relieved, Al thought, like he knew that an all-night swim wasn t just
a reasonable explanation but a very likely one. Given werewolves antipathy for the
water, how likely was it a werewolf woman would go swimming at night? Plus there
was the evidence. We don t think they went for a swim. Not leaving blood behind. It
looks like someone darted them with tranquilizer and hauled them out of the car.
Thompson s relief evaporated. All trace of initial friendliness disappeared and he
looked like he wanted to shove them out the door, lock it and run away as fast as he
could.
He licked his lips nervously. I m sorry to hear that. Strange goings-on but like I
said, I haven t seen Tammy in a couple of days. Or her boyfriend. No reason to look for
them here.
Who is Tammy s boyfriend? Babe asked.
Kevin, I think. Or Kyle. Something like that. I never got a last name. Thompson
looked nervously at the back door. Listen, I don t know what s going on here. Tammy
had a lot of interests and I m sure that there s some reasonable explanation for what
you found.
Al wondered just how anxious Thompson was to get rid of them. So should we
bring the flyers in?
Again there was that startled look in Thompson s eyes and he hesitated. Uh,
maybe you should hang on to them for a while.
Al shrugged. Okay. They re in the back of the car. I m sure no one would look
there for them. But of course if they were found that would lead whoever was
searching right to Thompson s door as it had them, something the other man was quick
to figure out.
On second thought, might as well take them off your hands. Bring them inside.
Thompson headed for the door. Babe started to follow him but Al stopped her. Why
don t you let us get them while you wait here. Those boxes are pretty heavy.
Babe stared at him as if he were crazy. She could lift boxes five times heavier
without breaking a sweat and he knew it. But then she must have realized what he up
to. Okay. I ll let you men handle it.
Al led Thompson to the car and opened the trunk. Inside was the scuba gear in
addition to the boxes and Thompson blanched when he saw it. So that got left behind
as well. No wonder you don t believe they went into the water.
Yeah. Didn t know Tammy did a lot of scuba diving.
Since Kurt came around she has.
Kurt is it? Not Kevin or Kyle?
Thompson s face showed that he knew he d been found out. Okay, yeah, it s Kurt.
Kurt Murphy. Didn t want to say much in front of her sister but Kurt s an okay guy. A
little off the beaten track though and from what I ve heard Tammy s sis wouldn t
exactly be keen on him.
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Because of who he is& or what he is?
Thompson s face showed he knew Kurt wasn t quite as human as he appeared. He
shrugged. He s just different.
Different as in he doesn t need scuba gear to dive? Al had guessed that Kurt
wasn t the usual sort of shapeshifter, nor was he human. It didn t bother him but he had
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