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"Hey!" she protested

Kelsey leaned back in Liahed and realized she hadn’t had this kind of fun in ages, and she didn’t really knohy

It was Lia back to it This kind of…day couldn’t last forever Real life overtook you wherever you lived She couldn’t really just pack up and coer, then one by one trailed out, grabbing the towels fro up for the barbecue Apparently, Jonas was the head chef at the portable barbecue pit, and he liked pretending the others were all his sous chefs,announce his fingers for plates and other dining paraphernalia

Finally, the food was cooked, and they all sat around the tables Kelsey thanked everyone for all the work they had done Soon after, however, Katie, David, Clarinda and Jonas left, saying that they had to get to O’Hara’s for the night

The others rein its descent into the horizon

Sean, straddling the left side of the picnic bench, said, "You knoere all lucky We have great places down here, and the property our parents purchased ht well be out of reach for us--even noith property values struggling around the country" He griht our house fro it fro it reasonable! Still, not even the Beckett house could possibly be worth as much as this place, Kelsey What a view! You can’t see a sunset like this even down on Mallory Square, or anywhere else, for that matter I hope you intend to keep it"

"With all that Cutter left behind, you should be able to keep it, even if you choose not to live here," Jaden said

"I do love the house," Kelsey said "Creepy as the world chooses to see it!"

"I think it’s an absolutely beautiful house," Vanessa said She griht now, it would roaned

"No, no, no," Lia psychological"

"Shades of The Haunting or House on Haunted Hill!" Ted suggested

"That would be a way for the place to keep itself afloat," Vanessa said "Renting out to commercial and movie companies"

"I really don’t knohat I want to do yet," Kelsey told them She rose suddenly "The box, the casket--whatever it is We need to show it to Jaden and Ted," she told Liaet it," he said

"What--casket?" Jaden asked

"It’s a box, like a jewelry box, with a gold filigree ball inside it It’s just big enough to hold the ball I think it’s soh all of randfather’s papers, and I h the it when he died," Kelsey explained

"Cool!" Jaden said Her eyes were bright "I love that kind of mystery!"

"I have to ad "Kelsey, thank you, it was a great day"

"Thank you--the house is livable"

"I know," Vanessa said, grinning "We should have gotten a lot of footage before we cleaned it!"

"Vanessa," Sean said

"Hey, opportunities like that don’t co so frequently," Vanessa protested

Vanessa told Sean that he didn’t need to leave because she was leaving, and he admitted he needed a nap, as well "Work is easy--this house-cleaning thing is a real chore"

Sean and Vanessa said goodbye to Lia with Cutter’s personal belongings He waved to theain

He produced the little casket and handed it to Jaden Her eyes were instantly alight "It is a reliquary," she said "Fascinating! It’s really delicate workuesstimate Italian, early Renaissance"