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Chapter 64
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One comforting reality of police work is that you rarely come up against a murder situation that you’ve never seen or heard about before. But these killings1 were different: seemingly random2, vicious, ongoing3 for more than eleven years, varying modus operandi.  What made the case particularly difficult was the possibility that there were several killers5.
I met with Kyle the following morning to talk about the case. He was in a foul6 mood and I couldn’t wait to get out of there. We shared our pet theories and whiney complaints, then I joined Jamilla Hughes on the stakeout in the Garden District.  I brought a box of Krispy Cremes, which got major chuckles7 from her, and also from the FBI agents watching the house. Everybody clamored for the tasty, air-shot doughnuts, though. The entire box was gone in a matter of minutes.
Turns out they’re real homebodies,’ she said as she munched8 on a glazed9.
‘It’s still daylight. They’re probably in their coffins,’ I said.  She grinned and shook her head. Her dark eyes sparkled. ‘Not exactly. The shorter one, Charles, was working in the garden out back all morning. He’s certainly not afraid of the sun.’ ‘So maybe Daniel is the real vampire10. The Sire. He’s supposed to be the force behind the magicians’ act.’
‘Charles has been on the phone a lot. He’s setting up some kind of party at the house. You’ll love this - it’s a Fetish Ball. Wear your favorite kinky things: leather, rubber, Goth, Victorian, whatever you’re into. What are you into?’ she asked.
I laughed, thought about it. ‘Mostly denim11, corduroy, jeans, a little black leather. I have a leather car coat. It’s a little beat up, but it’s nasty looking.’
She started to laugh. ‘I think you’d look dashing as a Gothic prince.’
‘How about you? Any fetishes we should know about?’ ‘Well. .. I’ll admit to owning a couple of leather jackets, pants, one pair of long boots that I’m still paying for. I am from San Francisco, you know. A girl has to keep up with the times.’ ‘Same for us boys.’
It was another long day of surveillance. We continued to watch the house until dark. Around nine o’clock, a pair of FBI agents dropped by to relieve us. ‘Let’s get a bite,’ I said to Jamilla.  ‘Bad choice of words, Alex.’We both laughed a little too hard.  We didn’t want to venture too far from the magicians’house, so we settled on the Camellia Grill12 on Carrollton Street at the River Bend.  The Camellia looked like a small plantation13 home on the outside.  Inside, it was a neat diner, with a long counter and stools screwed to the floor. A waiter in a crisp white jacket and black tie served us. We ordered coffee and omelets, which were light and fluffy14 and about the size of rolled-up newspapers. Jamilla had a side order of red beans and rice. When in the Big Easy.
The food was good, the coffee even better. The company was nice, too. She and I got along well, maybe even better than that. The lulls15 in our conversation weren’t too uncomfortable, and they were infrequent.  A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night. Pretty good.
‘Nothing on the beeper,’she said while we loitered over our coffee after the meal. I had heard there were lines outside the Camellia during lunch and dinner, but we had caught a slow time.  ‘I wonder what the two of them do inside that big, eerie16 house, Alex? What do psycho murderers do in their spare time?’
I had studied enough of them. There was no set pattern. ‘Some
are married, even happily if you ask the spouses17. Gary Soneji had a little girl. Geoffrey Shafer had three children. That’s probably the scariest thing I can imagine - when a husband, or the person next door, or a dad, turns out to be a stone-cold killer4. It happens. I’ve seen it.’
She sipped18 her coffee refill.’The neighbors seem to like Daniel and Charles. They consider them eccentric but pleasant and, I love this, civic-minded. Daniel owns the house. He inherited it from his father, who was also eccentric - a portrait painter. Rumor19 has it that the magicians are gay, but they’re often seen in the company of young attractive women.’
‘Vampires aren’t restricted by gender20. I learned that from Peter Westin,’ I said. “These two are equal-opportunity killers, males and females. Something still isn’t matching up for me, though. There’s a logic21 hole I keep trying to fill. A few of them actually.’ ‘Their magical mystery tour sure matches up with a lot of the murders, Alex.’
‘I know it. I can’t dispute the evidence we’ve collected so far.’
‘But you have one of your famous feelings.’
‘I don’t know about famous, but something feels wrong to me.  This thing isn’t tracking right. The other shoe hasn’t dropped. That’s what worries me. Why did they get sloppy22 all of a sudden? They went undetected for years and now several dozen FBI agents are watching their house.’
We drank our coffee and lingered in the restaurant, which was only half full, but would be humming again when the bars closed.  Nobody pressured us to leave, and we weren’t in a hurry to get back to the boredom23 of the stakeout.
Jamilla was interesting to me for a lot of reasons, but the main one was probably that I saw so much of my own experiences in hers. We were both committed to police work. We had full lives - friends and family - and yet, in a way, we were loners. Why was that?  ‘You okay?’ she asked. Her eyes communicated concern. I can usually intuit good people, and she was one of them. No doubt about it.  ‘I just went away for a minute,’ I said. ‘I’m back now.’
‘Where do you go when you take these little mind excursions?’ ‘Florence,’! said.’It’s probably the most beautiful city on earth. My favorite anyway.’
And you were just in Florence, Italy?’
‘Actually, I was thinking about some of the similarities in our lives.’ She nodded. ‘I’ve thought about it. What the heck is to become of us, Alex? Are we both doomed24 to repeat the same mistakes?’ ‘Well, hopefully we’re going to catch two real bad killers here in New Orleans. How’s that?’
Jamilla reached over and patted my cheek, then she said ruefully, ‘That’s what I think too. We are doomed.’


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1 killings 76d97e8407f821a6e56296c4c9a9388c     
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
参考例句:
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
2 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
3 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的,前进的
参考例句:
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
4 killer rpLziK     
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
参考例句:
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
5 killers c1a8ff788475e2c3424ec8d3f91dd856     
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
参考例句:
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
6 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
7 chuckles dbb3c2dbccec4daa8f44238e4cffd25c     
轻声地笑( chuckle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Father always chuckles when he reads the funny papers. 父亲在读幽默报纸时总是低声发笑。
  • [Chuckles] You thought he was being poisoned by hemlock? 你觉得他中的会是芹叶钩吻毒吗?
8 munched c9456f71965a082375ac004c60e40170     
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She munched on an apple. 她在大口啃苹果。
  • The rabbit munched on the fresh carrots. 兔子咯吱咯吱地嚼着新鲜胡萝卜。 来自辞典例句
9 glazed 3sLzT8     
adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神
参考例句:
  • eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
  • His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时,他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 vampire 8KMzR     
n.吸血鬼
参考例句:
  • It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆,而是个吸人血的妖精!
  • Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说,孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。
11 denim o9Lya     
n.斜纹棉布;斜纹棉布裤,牛仔裤
参考例句:
  • She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤,一件白粗布工作服上衣。
  • Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。
12 grill wQ8zb     
n.烤架,铁格子,烤肉;v.烧,烤,严加盘问
参考例句:
  • Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
  • I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
13 plantation oOWxz     
n.种植园,大农场
参考例句:
  • His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
  • The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。
14 fluffy CQjzv     
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的
参考例句:
  • Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
  • The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。
15 lulls baacc61e061bb5dc81079f769426f610     
n.间歇期(lull的复数形式)vt.使镇静,使安静(lull的第三人称单数形式)
参考例句:
  • It puts our children to sleep and lulls us into a calm, dreamlike state. 摇晃能让孩子进入梦乡,也能将我们引人一种平静的、梦幻般的心境。 来自互联网
  • There were also comedy acts, impromptu skits, and DJ music to fill the lulls between acts. 也有充满在行为之间的间歇的喜剧行为,即兴之作若干,和DJ音乐。 来自互联网
16 eerie N8gy0     
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
参考例句:
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
17 spouses 3fbe4097e124d44af1bc18e63e898b65     
n.配偶,夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
  • An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句
18 sipped 22d1585d494ccee63c7bff47191289f6     
v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He sipped his coffee pleasurably. 他怡然地品味着咖啡。
  • I sipped the hot chocolate she had made. 我小口喝着她调制的巧克力热饮。 来自辞典例句
19 rumor qS0zZ     
n.谣言,谣传,传说
参考例句:
  • The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
  • The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。
20 gender slSyD     
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
参考例句:
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
21 logic j0HxI     
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
参考例句:
  • What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑?
  • I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
22 sloppy 1E3zO     
adj.邋遢的,不整洁的
参考例句:
  • If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎,我话说在头里,可要给你打不及格了。
  • Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。
23 boredom ynByy     
n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊
参考例句:
  • Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
  • A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
24 doomed EuuzC1     
命定的
参考例句:
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。


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