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murders , I’m betting , and he used the hotel stationary to make notes at the scene. The second sheet,” — he handed her this one too — “ i t has a crude drawing on it. See where he has it marked with the body parts?”
    She nodded and when he told her to buckle up , he was taking them to the house , she did so without putting the notes away. She knew they were missing something and knew that it was staring right at them. She turned the paper over to her note again.
    “You called her Theresa , but she signed her name ‘Tes . ’ Why is that? Tes isn’t short for Theresa is it?”
    “I don’t know,” he answered with a frown. “Maybe she couldn’t spell her name and that was the best she could do.”
    “No, that’s not right. Every child can spell his or her name. It’s one of the first things our mom taught us.” She kept looking at it even as Phil unloaded the car and took their things into his house. It never occurred to her to protest . T hey were mates and this wa s where she belonged.
    “Maybe it’s not her name at all. Maybe it’s her initials. See? It says ‘TES , ’ not Tess with two Ss .” He took the paper from her and handed it back without saying anything. She wasn’t hurt, she knew he was thinking. She went to the refrigerator and starting taking out the stuff to make dinner. There were two thick steaks on a platter with plastic over it. She held them out to him with a cocked brow.
    “I had the cook put them out. I wasn’t sure you’d be hungry , but I wanted to have something that you could…I wanted you to be able to…”
    “Replenish my blood? Good thinking.” She turned away before he could see her smile. “I don’t want to get sick before I have to move all my things back to my apartment in a few hours.”
    His low growl was all the warning she had before he had her sitting on the counter and him between her legs. She smiled at him as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
    “You’re not a very nice person. I should spank you for teasing me.” She licked his nose at his threat. “Yes, that’s very nice , but I have something else you can lick. I’m pretty sure the steaks will wait for a— ”
    His cell phone ringing stopped him. She grinned when he said , “H ello , M om ” and walked away from her. She hopped down off the counter and started to put together potatoes for baking and a nice salad. She had the spuds in the oven and the salad nearly made when he closed his phone. He didn’t look all that happy.
    “My parents are coming to visit. They want to get to know you a lot better. I tried to tell them to wait , but they insisted they could help us.” He sat down and put his forehead on the table. “I so don’t need this right now.”
    She was still laughing when , an hour later , two very beautiful people were standing in the kitchen with them. The man looked like Phil , or she supposed Phil looked like him , and the woman was simply beautiful. She took the salad bowl from her as she started to clear the table and handed it to Phil.
    “Welcome to the family , dear. Now , tell us what is going on that Phillip doesn’t want his parents hanging around for?”
    Yep, Holly liked his mom just that quick.

Chapter 7
     
    Theresa walked through the bar , ignoring the police tape. She sniffed the air every few minutes , hoping for the other scent again. She’d found the older vamp and where he was staying , but she’d never been able to figure out the other scent. It was female , of course , but what kind she couldn’t seem to get. She sat in the seat where the other woman had sat.
    She could smell the other vampire on the seat too, like he’d been there as well or had touched the other female. Theresa didn’t know why that bothered her , but it did. Pissed her off , if she was truthful with herself.
    She looked around the room from here. She could see the bar and the chair where the other man had sat. She’d wanted to kill him, the other one listening in ,