Body & Soul

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To my editor, Christian Trimmer:

Thank you for giving me the chance to tell these stories and for helping me make them better than I ever dreamed they could be. I am so grateful to be one of your authors.

Malachi the Magnificent, Consultant to the Stars, had a storefront in a dingy, rundown strip mall between a sketchy-looking Laundromat and a closed-up nail salon with a big, bright orange health department sticker plastered on its door. It couldn't have been less magnificent if he'd tried.

My heart sank. This was the guy we were going to for help on life-and-death matters?

I looked over at Will in the driver's seat. “You're kidding, right?”

“What's wrong?” he asked, making the turn into the crumbling and pothole-filled lot, which was — surprise, surprise — basically empty, even on a warm and sunny Friday afternoon.

“Look at this place! It's about six seconds from being raided by the police… or Health and Sanitation.” I shuddered.

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