”“How do I know she is alive? How do I know this isn’t trick? Sonny got into a lot of trouble. That’s why we parted ways.”“I figured as mu...h.”“Do you have a phone here that we can use?”Virgil nodded his head yes and they walked over to warehouse office to use the phone there.Tom called Kay and handed the phone to Virgil.“Hi Virgil. Yes, it’s really me. Please, I would like to see you.”Virgil acted choked. “Wow! When and where?”“Tom will give you the direction and time.” she said as she hung up. "They're just a little reluctant," she laughed lightly. "They've never been comfortable when we've initiated a new member." A Dark member," Julia clarified for me. "Sylvia was our last and that was a long time ago." And Mona after her," Wendy said. "They weren't nearly so reluctant then." They sacrificed a goat," Valentine made a face."A lamb," Julia corrected him. "It was fine." Fine for you maybe, but it made me sick." Oh Val, enough already," Christine said as she took my hand. "He's been. I dropped my bag on the near bed, and headed into the bathroom totake a piss. I examined myself again in the mirror. Did I look like agirl? I don't think so. I mean, yeah, not the manliest guy ever, I'dbeen dropping weight for weeks after all, and was starting to lookpositively scrawny, but scrawny, not girly. Ok, my chest wasn't quite amatch for how skinny the rest of me was, but it wasn't that bad. MostlyI just looked slightly oily and gross from several hours in a plane.'That's the. . freedom ... that we’ll be friends. I see little doubt of that, as I’ve yet to dislike one of Rhee’s friends. Besides, ‘Devlin’ is my ex-husband’s name, not mine, but it’s a pain in the neck to get it changed, so...”“Thank you, M ... Carol.”“I do have a possibly-too-personal comment that I hope you’ll excuse. You are quite lovely, and I love your freckles. I guess that’s two comments.”Heather, of course, colored, but, as per usual, she kept her head up and looked Carol in the eye.“Ugh. You’re.