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'Did you say bats, Megan?'Megan said yes, she had said bats. He left a message, just the same. ''Gabriel, I do. 'That's what she'd kept telling herself, that it was only afertilised egg, not a baby at all, not really, not something growing in her, being nurtured by her, not something she'dbetrayed.

All of them. I'llhang on a bit longer. We've already lost two crucial clients, andwe'll probably lose more, thanks to that mailing. She looked at her watch: it was only half pastnine.