Darbe stopped at his station and watched the broad back of Diego approach the captain’s chair and utterly failed to smother an ear-splitting smile. ...iego snapped to attention at the back of the captain’s chair, staring straight ahead as was customary. A few moments passed with no apparent recognition of his presence, then a soft, melodious and very female voice wafted up over the chair to his ears, ‘At ease Diego.’ In the time it took for the chair to turn around to face him, Diego managed to. He jerked at the sudden sound and almost fell off his chair. "What ... Ancestors what the fuck do you want? Poxy pointy tooth bitches, think you own the world?"Varna ignored the reference to her teeth, after all he was only a Grojani only one step above a human in her estimation. "I want to check out." Well it's too late, so you will have to pay for tonight as well." Fair enough, just get me the bill."Grumbling under his breath, the man printed off Varna's bill. She checked the transaction and. " Yeah, and that's exactly why I'm here." At Missy's puzzled look, I added, "Junior's off at the Lake again tonight harvesting another poor sophomore."Missy nodded."He raped Stacey Jackson last night." Come on, John. The girls he gets are all willing participants."I shook my head, leaning forward on my elbows. "Some maybe, but not all of them, Missy. Stacey certainly wasn't. She's sporting a swollen jaw and some other bruises today."Missy stared at me as if I had two heads.I decided to tell her. The Osbornes were still up when Morton walked Julie to the door. "That was a long concert!" said Julie's father."Yes it was," replied Morton straight faced, "and it took a while to get the CD, but here it is" he said and handed over the disc."Why thank you" said Julie's father. Her mother was looking intently at Julie. She seemed different in an ominous way, and when Morton said goodbye Julie kissed him resoundly on the lips. She had never done anything like that in front of her parents.