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Bone Crossed  - Patricia Briggs

I flipped open the phone. "Hey, Adam. Did you ever listen to the Mello-Kings?"

 

There was a little pause, and then Adam sang in a passable bass, "Chip, chip, chip went the little bird ... and something, something, something went my heart. I assume there's a reason you asked."

 

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