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but had her men already counted for. She could also see where the vamp had sat and thought maybe they’d known each other. Getting up , she went to the hotel front desk.
    She had no computer skills , but she did have the ability to make the clerk standing there do almost everything she needed. She still had trouble making anyone d o exactly what she needed and it usually ended up entirely wrong. But this time , she was able to get the girl to see who had stayed in the room she’d followed the vamp up to. Phil Campbell, attorney at law , and it said he lived in Ohio.
    Theresa was still looking over his information when the clerk, Debi , said something that had Theresa looking up more information.
    “Oh, the pretty couple,” she had told the man standing next to her as she pointed to the screen. “Do you think Miss Force and Mr. Campbell got married like he said they were?”
    She walked away from the counter twenty-five frustrating minutes later a very happy person. She not only had Phil’s name , but that of the other woman. Holly P. Force, buyer. She glanced back at the mess she’d left there. Too bad she’d had to kill them both. Laughing , she shook her head. No , it wasn’t . S he’d enjoyed every second of their dying.
    She’d had to steal three wallets and two purses before she’d found enough cash to buy a plane ticket. She hated flying and had hid in the bathroom all the way from New York to Ohio. She snarled at a couple of people when they’d tried to open the door with a key and had giggled a little when they’d complained that someone was going to be in big trouble for bringing their mean dog on board. She rushed out of the tiny room and was out of the plane before they had the chance to put out a means for everyone to get off.
    She didn’t care. To her way of thinking , flying should be left for the birds and if it hadn’t been for the fact that she wanted to get to the man and woman before her next killing quota , she would have taken a car. She really did love to drive. Pulling out a phone book, one smaller than she’d thought it should be for a city as big as Columbus , she looked up her attorney’s name. He wasn’t listed.
    Pissed, hungry , and the sun nearly coming up, Theresa took her dinner to a cave with her. The woman hadn’t fought her much and when Theresa sank her fang s into her neck , she realized why. Drugs. And lots of them. Not only that, but the woman had a disease. Something that Theresa didn’t know , but whatever it was made her blood bitter. She drank only what she needed and left the whore to die. She was nearly there anyway; Theresa just helped her along a little bit.
    She was settling down in the deepest part of the cave when she thought about her becoming a vampire. Theresa had only been sixteen when she’d met her true love. He’d been so nice to her at the church picnic one Sunday that she’d allowed him to kiss her on the cheek before she’d gone home with her daddy.
    Her momma had died when she’d been born . H er father had always told her it wasn’t her fault that her momma had died birthing her , but she’d never been able to shake the feeling that he did sort of blame her. She’d see the way he’d look at her sometimes , as if he wanted her dead too.
    Then the next afternoon the boy, Ernie Richardson , had come calling. She’d blushed horribly at that. Her daddy hadn’t been all that happy about it , but he’d allowed them to sit on the porch together for a spell. Her gr eat- aunt Sadie had put up a fuss , but her daddy had let her sit with Mr. Richardson for a whole hour before he’d made him leave.
    “I’d like to come tomorrow too if you’ll allow it, sir. I really like your daughter and want to get to know her better , if you don’t mind.” Mr. Richardson had stood there , all tall and beautiful , and when her daddy had looked over at her , she’d nodded.
    “You can come , but you should know that she ain’t very smart. Couldn’t get