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"There’s the outside chance that an islander, dis on Haunt Island, lay in wait, and that thea film based on the massacre," David said

"Yes, there’s an outside chance," Sean agreed "I know that Liauide ith thenitaries from around the world He’s a familyout in ti volunteer road work and clearance after storhbors love him--he’s an open book, so it seeers on the breakfast table "I think your idea of ood one, and I know that Liam is on the computer now It doesn’t seem possible to o back to a nor ever happened"

"That’sso, and I think it has to do with the why, and if we could just figure that out, we’d discover the who"

David leaned back, shaking his head "Well, there are plenty of theories First, chalk it up to the Berle Second, it is called Haunt Island"

"We both know that a ghost--or even ghosts--didn’t co out the theories," David said

"Right," Sean agreed "Third theory--ruesome murders and stole a boat and dumped Carlos Roca’s body overboard But now Carlos Roca has been seen, so that theory is out Okay, fourth theory It was Carlos Roca, and he had friends--modern-day pirates--in on it Fifth theory, Carlos was innocent, and he was hit on the head and is walking around suffering fro the fact that there was an intensiveon for him after it first happened Sixth theory--someone on the film creas in on it with Carlos Roca That’s why he’s alive and well, it’s how he ’ all this ti us now"

"We’re still back to why," David said "All those people had good careers What would make a professional with no record whatsoever suddenly co we have to find out," Sean said "It’s going to be interesting, though All of us so close together And that’s hoe’re going to stay The fil anything bad to happen They orking They were in a place that was a pristine hangout for boaters There was no reason to expect anything And we know das happen So…" Sean hesitated "Maybe Katie should stay here, in Miaht…but he wants in"

"Katie won’t go back--you know your sister," David said "Look, I really think that we’re dealing with cowards here The whole company wasn’t killed Travis was probably taken by surprise And as far as Carlos and Georgia and the boat…well, any way you look at it, it was one man as the surprise, or was taken froht Marty and Jaot Liam, you and me Once we’re on the island, we’ll have periuard at all ti We do it or we don’t And at this point, I say we do it"

Sean nodded and called for the check

It was a beautiful day for the trip across the straits from Miami to Haunt Island The boats moved parallel across fairly calm seas, the sky was a pristine blue with only a few puffs of white clouds, and the sun shone down brilliantly throughout the day

Seated in the coh to laze the time away Marty took the hel the voyage Sean did a few minutes on the straits, the proxie would have been different in the eighteen hundreds when the wind played such an important role in travel They pointed out the area where Mad Miller’s pirate ship had supposedly gone down, and Sean gave his calculations on the currents of the ti that the debris field had to extend farther than it had often been presumed

Vanessa was roused for a fewDona Isabella, Mad Miller and Kitty Cutlass, and how they had followed the sa the fil his on the distribution of the film Jay sounded sincere when he said that he believed that Georgia and Travis would have wanted it shown--they had been actors, after all--and that he hoped they could find the truth, see that the murderer was punished and be able to distribute the fil that they had justice and closure at last