She bent over me and kissed me lightly. "Okay. I won't be long."
Muriel got out of bed and padded over to the bathroom. It was still strange, seeing everything with the blindfold on. I propped up the pillows. Things changed fast. The s*x had been great. I felt guilty, and I didn't know much about her, but I liked Muriel. I hoped it would turn out okay. But it was the case that came back to mind.
Last night someone had tried to blow me up. I hadn't had a chance since to think about what I had found or what had happened.
I had smelled the alien again. The same scent I had picked up in the alley where Chrissy Winston was killed. It was a familiar smell. Not because I had smelled it often, but I had smelled it before. I thought about it. It hadn't been after I changed. It was before I went
