5 Daisies, Dates, and Dead Bodies I pulled into the lot and parked in a far corner, away from the flashing lights. Time enough for me to consider the ramifications of cop-vamp relationships after I made it through this particular fiasco. Tabitha couldn’t have just died quietly and unobtrusively, could she? If Bitsy—or whoever—had not only killed Tabitha but also intentionally left her body to be discovered by any passing human, Cornelius and his tidy bureaucratic sensibilities were going to have a conniption. The only thing worse would be some overt indication that the enhanced community was involved. But surely no one could be that careless? As soon as the thought entered my head, I felt a distinct sense of foreboding. My dubious precognition skills at work? Hopefully not. I pulled

