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Baking all of cookies took about an hour, time that Sabastian used to play with Susan.  Mary, meanwhile, nursed her headache and Claudia went about cleaning the house.

After the last batch cooled, and Susan tested them to make sure they were good, the three crammed into Mary's sports car.  Mary and Sabastian were comfortable enough in the front seat, but Susan had to sit cramped in what the manufacturer euphemistically called a back seat.

When they arrived at the brothel, the doors opened before they knocked to reveal the two bouncers and Sin, who was wearing much more clothing then usual.

"Mary," Sin said, "you've brought friends.  This must be the child, Susan isn't it?"  She crouched down in front of the little girl.

Susan tilted her head to the side and, with a slightly puzzled look, said, "Yes," and then asked, "Why do they call you Sin?"

"Oh, it's just a nickname," Sin answered instinctively, before her face went blank for a moment.  She looked directly into Susan's eyes and thought, "how did she know my name? I don't remember saying my name."

Shaking off the exchange, figuring she said her name but just didn't remember having done so, she stood up and greeted Sabastian with, "And you are Sabastian.  Do you always kill your house guests?"

"Your definition of guest must be vastly different than mine."

"Anyway," Sin said, ignoring Sabastian's response, "Mina is simply dying to meet you.  Follow me."

Sin led them to Mina's office through the control room.  As they walked by one of the monitors, Susan looked up at it and asked, "What are they doing?"

Mary hurried Susan along and said, "They were showing how much they cared about each other."

"They weren't having sex," Susan said, pushing past Mary to look at the screen again.  "They're stealing his soul."

By this time everyone there was looking at the screen.  The two female vampires were collecting blood from their victim's groin.  The pair looked up at the camera just as Mina turned the monitor off.

"No child, they were not stealing his soul, that was just a game," Mina said.

"That isn't what you saw.  It was a game," Mary parroted.  "Some people like to show their affection in different ways."

Susan smiled knowingly, looking at Mina, and said, "You play funny games here."

"Adults do, sometimes.  Please come into my office.  I'm very glad you came to see me.

"I asked Mary to invite you, but I assumed it would take far more coaxing after the unfortunate conditions of our first meeting."

They all walked into Mina's office, and, at Mina's request, sat down.

"Would you like anything to drink Sabastian?"

"No thank you," Sabastian said.

"But I insist."

"I will take whatever you have," he said.  Susan looked at Mina and then Sabastian.

"You would like Soda," she said at Susan.

"No thank you."

"All little girls like soda."

"No thank you, but you may offer me water."

"If you don't want soda, how about a cold glass of water?"

"Thanks, I'd like that."

"Mary, go with Sin to get four glasses of blood and a glass of," Mina paused, "water."  She looked at Susan, who smiled up at her.



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