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wait.
    “ Okay, first question, and it has two parts, but it only counts as
one.” Calla watched his every action and reaction.
    Gabriel raised his hand a
little too late to stop her from seeing the grin spreading across his face. “I
will decide if it counts as two or not. Go ahead.”
    “ Can you perform miracles, and have you used any of your magic on
me?”
    Gabriel’s expression was
blank.
    “ Wait! Before you answer, can angels lie? That question doesn’t
count. I don’t know you, so I need to understand if the answers you’re going to
give me are bullshit or not. Can you lie?”
    “ No.” Gabriel began pacing back and forth.
    “ Are you trying to figure out a way to get out of the first
question? Because you look like you’re trying to come up with something that
won’t be a lie, but will be less than the truth.”
    Gabriel stopped and raised a
brow. “I cannot lie, Calla. The English language has changed since we were last
here, and I am trying to make sure I understand what you are asking,” Gabriel
said. “You have used miracles and magic, and I think I understand what you ask
of me. I can do things humans cannot, but it is not a miracle. It is natural
for me. As for your concern with magic, I do not practice.”
    “ I will have to word my questions differently because that answer
sucked.” Calla was quiet for a moment, and then asked, “Can you heal people?
And this is not a new question. This is just a simplified version of my first
one.”
    “ Yes.”
    “ Okay, I’m starting to understand how this works. I keep the
questions simple, and you answer them with a yes or no answer. If I ask a
detailed question, you evade the question, and your answer runs me in circles.
Good to know. Next question, do you have a soul?”
    “ Yes.”
    “ I like the direct answer, but I don’t want to waste my last
question with a question about my question. Does that make sense?”
    “ No,” Gabriel said. “Now, I need to ask you a few questions.”
    “ Oh no, that was not my third question. I still have one more,”
Calla said, as she smacked the mattress.
    “ That was a question, and we did agree on three. That was the third
question.”
    “ Yeah, it was a question, but it wasn’t a question about you.”
    “ I did not agree to what the questions would be. That was your
choice. Now it is my turn. I need some answers, and I think you are the only
person who can give them to me.” Gabriel stalked towards her.
    “ Stay
right where you are. If you come any closer, I’ll—”
    “ You will what? Elbow me in the stomach again?”
    She blew out an exasperated
sigh and slumped down in her bed. “I’m sorry about that.”
    The emotional dam was at
capacity and ready to break at any moment. The increase in murdered young
people coming into the ER, an angel who was so damned good looking—the piercing
green eyes, the dimple in his chin, the way his hair looked like he spent the
night making love to someone—it made her heart ache, and powers that worked
when they wanted to, not when she needed them. The flood gates opened, and
Calla buried her face in her pillow and sobbed.
    “ Calla, what is wrong?” Gabriel took a few more steps, stopped as
he rubbed his hand across his abdomen and started to laugh.
    Calla heard lifted her head.
“What is so funny?”
    “ I’m not falling for the crying bit this time, but you almost
fooled me.”
    “ You think I only cry to get what I want? I’ve had a rough week,
seen a lot of deaths, and now I’m a hostage in my own home! Don’t you think any
or all of those are good enough reasons?”
    “ I did not mean to upset you, but I need some answers.”
    “ You know what? You’re an asshole.” She threw the pillow at him,
but it landed short.
    “ Hmm, I’m not familiar with that expression.”
    Calla swung her legs over the
edge of the bed and stood. A slight breeze brushed across her legs. “Where the
hell are my pants?”
    “ I took them off so you would