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She inhaled deeply "I didour route But itIf you’re afraid in any way--"

He shook his head i her "I’erous route before I’ll have myself, David, Liam and maybe a few other people I knoell and trust with ht, I don’t think you ought to be in that room on Duval Street Yes, it’s Duval, yes, there are cops around If you don’t want to stay at o and stay with Katie and David at David’s house"

"It just…it would be aard, either way," she murmured

"I can ask Jay to stay, as well," he said

She spun around to look at hientleman," he told her

"Must you always be?" she asked him

He arched a brow and s what she had been thinking to speak so rashly She stared at the water "Good God, I’ll be on a boat again with Jay I love hiood friend, but he drives me crazy when the contact is constant!"

As she stared into the water, ies seemed to form within it As she looked, it rippled

Fish Fish were alwaysSo to the surface She wanted to grab Sean’s hand and find out if he saw it, too, but she seee of the figurehead The figurehead that bore the facial features of Dona Isabella

She turned away froht," she said "Thank you I’ll stay at your house I appreciate the offer I’ll ht with you"

He seee of

"Perfect," he said softly "Shall we go in? Food is probably about ready"

She nodded, looking up at hiht the opalescence of the water and sky and see to give Liam a call and see what your other friends are up to now," he told her

"What? What friends?"

"Your crew fro to hire us all on?" she asked

"Well, we’re following the trail that you and Jay and your crew followed for the ht we should use everyone as involved in the fil wrong?"

She shook her head "No, I think it’s brilliant But it’s not as if ere all the best of friends We worked well together but I had never noli until the shoot I’ve known Barry and Zoe through different projects during the years, but… I’h, that Jay would have information on how to reach them"

"Don’t worry about it Liaet on it"

She still stared at hiht

"Are you all right?" he asked her "Seriously? Do you not want the others--"

"Oh, no! Of course I do," she said

He s didn’t see well for her, but she didn’t understand her feelings of dread She tried to shake them off

"Food!" she said "I think I need food"

He slipped an arm around her shoulders and led her in

And the feel of hiood

7

The scream awakened Sean like a bolt out of the blue

He had been sleeping soundly, glad to have Vanessa under his roof He didn’t knohy he was suddenly worried about her sleeping in what should have been a fairly safe haven, but otten hi closer Ass Any fool in his right mind would wanther in the house was soe prihts except the possibility of danger, and he tore out of his own room and down the hall to where she slept in Katie’s roo whatever threat she faced