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it really wasn’t.”
    “True. A meeting , huh? I wonder if he’s going to give us information on mom.”
    “We can’t trust him,” I replied. “The guy is Victor’s puppet and obviously pays him well.”
    “So, what do you think he wants? Besides you.”
    I felt a shiver go down my spine. “I don’t know. But, I think we should try and find out.”

Chapter Six
     
     
    Ethan
     
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    “Is Nikki really okay?”
    Duncan sighed . “She’s fine. She’s attending her mother’s funeral.”
    Ethan stared at him in shock. “What? When did Anne die?”
    “Apparently, she killed herself.”
    He stared at him in exasperation. “Fuck, will you please tell me what’s going on? I’ve been locked up inside of this shithole and have no idea what’s going on.”
    “Right,” sneered Duncan. 
    “ Obviously we’ve all been had,” said Ethan. “Don’t you see? And Faye is behind it.”
    “So, what are you saying – that Faye and Victor are working together?”
    “I don’t know,” he replied. “Maybe. I wouldn’t put it past her.”
    “Just for shits and giggles,” said Duncan. “Explain what it is that you do know.”
    “ I don’t know much, just that I’ve been locked in this prison for over a month.”
    “You certainly smell like it,” said Duncan.
    “ Whatever. Look, the last time I’ve seen you or Nikki was in the casino. Remember when I went to the bar to find out if Miranda was there?”
    “What is it about you and this Miranda chick anyway?”
    “She was my wife. A couple of centuries ago.”
    “And you think she’s a vampire?”
    “At first I thought she’d been… I don’t know… reincarnated.”
    Duncan’s eyebrows rose. “Seriously? You believe in that shit?”
    “Do you believe in vampires , werewolves, and shape-shifters?”
    Duncan smiled grimly . “Okay, good point.”
    “Anyway, I guess I may have thought she was. I had my suspicions at least.”
    “Why?”
    “It was something I just… felt. A certainty that she was alive and looking for me. And then, when I found out that Faye had murdered girls around the country who looked a lot like her, it made me wonder.”
    “How did Faye know about Miranda anyway?”
    Ethan sighed. “Unfortunately, I confided in her one night, before I realized how psychotic Faye was. I even made the mistake of pointing out a woman who reminded me of her. Anyway, after that, Faye started killing anyone who looked like the woman I thought could have been Miranda.”
    “But why?”
    “Because she’s obsessed with me. Ever since we’ve met, she’s wanted me all to herself.”
    “Lucky you.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    “ When did you two meet?”
    “Me and Faye?”
    “Yeah.”
    “ I met her in Vegas a number of years ago. We had a thing, I guess you could say. For a while. Then, she started getting too possessive, and I had to put some distance between us.”
    “In other words, you broke it off?”
    “Something like that. Anyway, she wasn’t too happy about it, although during the past few years, we’d still hook up once in a while.”
    “Hmm… So, h ow did you meet Caleb and Celeste?”
    “Faye introduced us a few years ago. We met in Vegas one weekend.”
    “Why did you join up with Caleb and his group?” asked Duncan.
    He stared at the wall. “I’d been alone for many years. I was tired of feeling like an outsider and needed to be around others who were like me. So they let me into their little group, and I guess you could say we were kind of like a family. A very dysfunctional family. Especially when it came to Celeste.”
    “Yeah, she’s a piece of work.”
    “I agree. That’s why I’ve always kept my distance from her.”
    “ So, what about Victor?”
    “ I told you, I’ve never met the guy. In fact, the first time that I’d even heard of Victor was from Faye’s partner, Maximus.”
    “So, in other words, you’re trying to tell me that you didn’t know that Victor is Nikki’s stepdad?”
    Ethan