Sookie 13.5 After Dead (8 page)

CATFISH HENNESSY
continued to be content with watching sports on television, managing the road crews, and going square dancing with his wife.

RUBIO HERMOSA
died in a freak construction accident in Baton Rouge, where he’d drifted after his nest broke up.

ALCIDE HERVEAUX
finally stopped being foolish and impulsive where women were concerned. When his rogue werewolf lady turned out to be a poor match, he became interested in a surveyor who worked for one of his business rivals, a werelynx named Callie Brown. Callie, a short, compact, no-nonsense kind of woman, kept Alcide in order for the rest of his life. She had five children with Alcide, and she went to work at Herveaux and Son, which after a period of time became Herveaux and Sons when the three boys started work there. Of their two daughters, one became a beauty pageant contestant and eventually Miss Louisiana, and the other became a social worker. Alcide and Callie had fifteen grandchildren. They both passed away at advanced ages.

BRENDA HESTERMAN
sold antiques in Shreveport even after the mysterious disappearance of her partner, Donald Callaway. She eventually retired to Florida.

The goblin
MR. HOB
still works at Josephine’s (Club Dead) in Jackson, Mississippi.

BARRY (HOROWITZ) BELLBOY
spent three weeks with Sam’s mom. He never went out after dark. When he was well enough, he got Bernadette to drive him to the airport (DFW), where he rented a car and started driving. He ended up in Seattle. He lay low there for a year or two. We may hear more about the rest of his life.

INDIRA
eventually moved to New York to become part of the large Indian American vampire group there. She joined an Indian dance troupe, and they perform at state fairs and Indian weddings.

ISAIAH
is still the King of Kentucky.

After splitting up with Amelia,
BOB JESSUP
continued to work at the coven’s magic shop. The coven put him in charge after five years, and he did a good job. He had a live-in companion for a long time (fellow witch Terencia Rodriguez, who helped Amelia at the ectoplasmic reconstruction), until she died of breast cancer. He was very involved in the life of his son, Felix, and while he admired Amelia’s developing business acumen, Bob did not envy her. Bob had a witch funeral arranged by the coven, and it was incredible.