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“You don’t have to lead us to the monster if you’re afraid of it. Tell us what you know, and we’ll do the rest.”
Eddie smiled at the group of men, giving them the same good-old-boy charm that he gave Mrs. Chen every time she asked when he was going to get a girlfriend. “Problem is, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“We just want to say hello,” said the leader. He would have been believable, but for the bloodstains his boots left on the carpet.
Eddie smiled again, this time with three rows of extraordinarily sharp teeth.
Hello.