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"So what happened to hihed, shaking his head as he looked at her "He was still in his car, so they figure he just drove too fast and wound up in the water Not too hard to figure out"

"Hey," Renee protested "Was he drunk? Had he been suicidal? Maybe soht," Caroline pointed out "What does the coroner say? Maybe someone shot him and that’s why he drove off the road"

"There’s no coroner’s report yet," Will adht "Who knows? He h I don’t know if they’ll be able to figure that out this late in the game The body…well, if you askin Sarah’s house Let’s just say that on land, we eat the fish But if you die in the water, the fish eat you"

"Oh, Lord!" Caroline exclai to be the same fish that ate the corpse," Barry said

"And how do you know?" Caroline demanded

"Good question," Barry ad back to Anderson, the guy is a little scary I mean, he’s okay I like him," Will said "But…he’s been here a day and he already found a body we missed for a year And then all those bones are found at Sarah’s place and he just happens to show up? It’s pretty weird, don’t you think?"

Caroline htly to him

"I don’t think it’s his fault that the bones showed up in Sarah’s walls," Renee reminded him "I mean, those skeletons have been there forever Anyway, you said you liked the guy"

"I do," Will said

"I sure liked hily "You just think he’s hot"

Caroline laughed "He is hot But you’re the only sizzling hunk ofabout Sarah"

"Sarah?" Will echoed

"Of course Sarah," Caroline said

"I’m not too sure about that Iabout hiood idea at all," Barry agreed "We’re going to have to check hi hiled "What’s theto ask us who she can and can’t date!"

"Besides, she knows him at least as well as we do, even if they just net, and I don’t like it," Barry said flatly

They all stopped and stared at hiht?" he asked defensively

"Okay, I’ll ask around and see what I can find out about hiet to know hiuy I hope he does hang around," Caroline said

"There you go again--you think he’s hot," Will said, grinning

"He’s an inferno," she agreed "And I’d really love a drink Let’s hope we can get a table" She shivered suddenly and looked at Will "You knoith all this, we’re forgetting that a girl fro"

"Well, your stud is on the case," Will said "Maybe he’ll find her"

"Yeah, and hopefully alive," Barry noted gluirl who disappeared a year ago," Will said "Her case was in the papers again today The cops are wondering if there’s a connection between the two cases"

"I saw the papers I even showed the article to Sarah," Caroline told hie full of tourists clip-clopped by on the street "A young wouide was telling his passengers "They say her ghost still visits the rooe passed, their gazes turning involuntarily toward the top floor of the hotel

"I need a drink now," Renee announced, and hurried on ahead of them to Hunky Harry’s, just a couple of doors away

Caroline found herself standing alone on the sidewalk for a moment as the others passed her and went inside She suddenly felt a chill, and she realized that a frisson of fear eeping through her

She’d lived here her entire life She knew practically every restaurant owner, bartender and shopkeeper in the city She knew the people orked in the hotels and museums, and owned the local B&Bs

And she was suddenly afraid

So old, very old--and very evil--had been awakened

Caleb caught up to Sarah McKinley, as staring at him with suspicion Even so, she was a beautiful woman

At that moment, she reminded hi and stood dead still on the sidewalk, staring at her in return