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teeth. “He doesn’t want you back you now, and I’m enjoying watching you sizzle like bacon.”
     
    “What do you want, Belial? Did you have to go on a food run or something, secretary?” Caim asked nonchalantly.
     
    Belial snarled in his face as he turned and stepped off the curb. “One of these days, I am going to kill you for that remark.”
     
    “Yes, and one of these days, you will work yourself up to middle management. Again, what do you want, gopher?”
     
    “I followed your trail, and I decided to stop in and say hello.” Belial’s face changed from anger to the pristine beauty.
     
    “Oh, how sweet, now you’re stalking me. What did I do to deserve that?” Caim said, mocking him.
     
    “Stalking is one of our favorite evils that humans perform. But no, I was wondering why you were in a little rinky-dink town called Merry? As far as I know, we have no contracts there.”
     
    Caim felt his heart drop when Belial mentioned Merry. Not from worry for himself, but for Bliss. “I was looking for new prospects. You know small towns like that always have a few people who would sell their souls for a break.”
     
    “Why, Caim , I didn’t know you were trying to move up in the demon ranks. Could it be you have given up the notion of getting back in the so-called Almighty’s good graces?” Belial had a shocked expression on his face. It was a fake, of course, which made Caim want to smash it off his face.
     
    “I’m a demon now. I have come to terms with that.” Caim almost growled.
     
    “Oh goody, goody!” Belial clapped his hands. “ Samael will be thrilled to hear it!”
     
    “Can you be any more gay ?”
     
    Belial laughed and then turned serious. “That, dear boy, is called sarcasm. I know you are up to something, and I will find out what.”
     
    “It’s your time to waste, Belial,” Caim replied. “Now go away. Your stench is gagging the cockroaches.”
     
    “Fuck off!” Belial gave him the finger before he faded out of sight.
     
    “Right back at you,” Caim muttered as he continued his walk. He would have to be more careful now that Belial was sniffing around. The best thing would be to never see Bliss again. But that would leave an ache in his chest that would not go away, even in an eternity. He couldn’t wait another thousand years to feel like he did now. That little clause had been the only thing that kept him going on for all those endless years. It was the one thing that would save him from an endless eternity in hell. The church bells chimed again and filled his heart with hope and the clear, clean sound. It was like the ones he had left were telling him not to give up. He wouldn’t.
     
    * * * *
     
    “Oh my god!” Amber’s eyes were wide as saucers when Bliss related the night’s events. “Okay, tell me about the kiss again. On a scale of one to ten, how was it?”
     
    “Off the freaking scale!” Bliss leaned forward and rested her elbows on her knees. “I mean, if kisses were addictive, I’d be hooked right now. What am I saying? I am hooked!”
     
    It was true after that one kiss. Bliss drove home in her little blue car in a state of euphoria. With her lips still tingling and his scent in her nose, she got dressed for bed in a haze and practically floated into bed. Her body tingled with unspent excitement and sexual need after only one kiss. The next day she had gotten up and cleaned her entire house while singing “You Are My Candy Girl.” Oh yeah, I’m hooked.
     
    Amber laughed out loud. “You are such a slut!”
     
    “Hey, it was technically our first date.” Bliss grinned.
     
    “Oh, I retract the slut thing then. When are you going to see him again?”
     
    Amber posed the question, and the intercom interrupted their conversation. It called for Bliss to come down to the ER. She picked up her tools of the trade and left her office with Amber hot on her trail.
     
    “So?” Amber asked again.
     
    “So what?” Bliss pretended to be