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The Naked Beat

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I studied the faces of everyone in the café:

Rebecca still looked pissed at what I told her, but also looked concerned about the whole situation.

Alex, whom I still had pulled halfway across the bar, just looked embarrassed and more than a little scared.

Marilyn had the 'cat that swallowed the canary' look. I wasn't quite sure what it meant. I wondered if she could really be responsible for Blaze's disappearance.

Everyone else had a sort of blank expression. I think this violent outburst stunned most of them.

Mongo stepped from the stock room and softly called my name...

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    Neville Hunt almost 8 years ago

    Mongo sounds interesting!

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    Christopher almost 8 years ago

    Thanks, Neville. I mentioned him once or twice early on. I probably should've kept mentioning him so the readers didn't forget. He's been silent up to now. I originally had it in mind for him to be mute, but as usual these stories tend to go off in a direction I wasn't planning. So now Harpo will be speaking.

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    Neville Hunt almost 8 years ago

    Ah, Harpo... now I remember Mongo. Great name!

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