Aubrey and Samuel decided it was a good time to get out of Dodge and go visit his grandmother in Louisiana.  It would give the locals time to get over the shock and they could go before they started their bitching.  They also realized that if they went now, Silver and Conrad could take care of the club while they were gone and Silver could take care of the ranch as well as supervise Tommy and his friends while they took care of Taryn’s ranch.  David resisted but finally gave in realizing he would never be able to convince Taryn that an old woman could be anywhere near as crazy and evil as he swore his grandmother was and she was just going to have to see it for herself.  So, when Tuesday morning rolled around, Samuel, Aubrey, David and Taryn hit the road and headed South for the week with plans to meet Genja and Kendra in New Orleans a few days later, leaving the locals to focus on the upcoming show in D.C. instead of who was married to who or how long they thought it would last.

Back in Darkness Falls, Genja tied up some loose ends and contracted a short term lease for a place in the Quarter after David and Taryn drove into town, checked out the property for him and gave him the okay.  He wanted Taryn’s opinion because he felt her background and upbringing made her the most qualified to determine whether or not the townhouse was suitable for someone of his standing.  He left Constantine and Kat in charge of his properties and informed his business contacts of who’d they’d be dealing with in his absence.  Wednesday, Genja and Kendra met Edward and Eden for lunch where Edward informed them of his and Eden’s plans to follow them south.  They fell to talking about other friends of theirs who would benefit from relocating and were unanimous in deciding that such a relocation was exactly what Aaron and Glen needed.  The four of them met up with the latter two at the Confessional that night.  Glen and Aaron didn’t need convincing.  Almost as soon as the idea was presented to them, they recognized the potential, especially for Aaron, and agreed to go.  Aaron had sold his grandmother’s house when his sister’s body had been discovered and moved into the loft Glen was renting.  The only thing tying them down was Glen’s job and lease, both of which Glen was more than willing to walk away from.  Thursday morning, that’s exactly what he did.  Meanwhile, Eden and Edward had already left and were in New Orleans in a hotel and house hunting by day.

When Friday came, Genja, Kendra, Glen and Aaron were unpacking in Genja and Kendra’s rented French Quarter townhouse and Glen hit the streets looking for work while Aaron scoured the classifieds for a place of their own.  David and Taryn were on their way back to Solitude so David could make the D.C. booking while Samuel and Aubrey stayed behind to spend more time with their grandmother.

Sunday afternoon, Genja, Kendra, Aaron and Glen met up with Aubrey and Samuel in a local bar for lunch where they were discussing the potential jobs Glen had to choose from when a special report flashed on the bar’s TV screen reporting the body of a dead man who’d been found in an alley with his heart ripped out.  Meanwhile in D.C., Misanthropy were packing up to go back home after their show the night before.

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