“Very true it is,” Xia Delan gave me a kiss as we headed back into Baltimore.“Well, I’m a hard-working girl and you know it,” Stacy laughed....��That we do,” Kylie Anne answered.“Indeed,” Kelly Rae added.“Well said,” Eve giggled, swishing her pointed tail, as she was in full demonic guise.“Which route are we taking from here, north, south, or west? We’ve discussed it, but we never decided on it,” Raquel spoke up now.“True enough,” Eileen responded nervously.“I recommend going a different path.. I wanted to tell you I am the leader, at least for now. You had said that we could let the artist post again when a leader was chosen.”“Yes, that is correct. The old agreement still stands, up Saturday morning, down Sunday night and no trash,” I replied.“We are having a special event in two weeks; would it be possible to put the posters up Friday morning for that one time? I know you worked with Aadam when special things happened,” Abdul asked.“Yes, that will be OK.”“Kelly, put it on the daily. She stood there, in casual lounging wear that the woman had adopted into her wardrobe. She’d had a penchant for human styles, with some variations that looked much like how Rondathans designed their clothing. Luminia blinked a little blearily, looking like she’d been in a deep study session. Going by the tablet in her hand, that’s likely what she was doing.“Yes, doctor? What is it?” Luminia asked, rubbing at her eyes.“I just wanted to check in on you and see how you were doing. Keeping busy, I. It was over, time to turn back to my real job.I said, “He wasn’t a criminal genius. The Sig Sauer was in his glove compartment. But he’d already confessed by then.”Gloria reached for a Snickers bar, “Good.”Enough about me. Tick-tock.She said, “Macklin has set up a new lab in India. City called Indore. Big education center. And they brought along a boatload of scientists from their opioids lab.”Sistine said, “They’re ready to start testing the new drug. Actually, three different versions of it,.