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She was surprised when she reached out to touch the picture, as if she were actually reaching out to touch Winona Hart’s face

And she was evenher arm when she ht herself saying aloud "I’m so sorry, but I don’t kno I can possibly help you"

Then, feeling like a fool, she looked around and hurried down the street, walking quickly now, since her lunch hour was definitely over

A year ago, the usual had all been done Jennie Lawson had made a cell phone call to her mother when she had landed That was the last call she hadlist of calls co e--and various friends who had hoped to ustine to meet up with her The friends all had alibis; none of theustine, because they had never been able to contact her

She had last used her credit card at the car rental agency, and no one had accessed her bank account since her disappearance, so presumably she hadn’t been killed in the course of a robbery for financial gain

She had left with her rental car and, as Harold Sparks had suggested, disappeared as thoroughly as if she had been beamed up by an alien spaceship

But that hadn’t happened Which

Caleb stopped at a few gas stations on his way back down to St Augustine, but she had left the rental agency with a full tank of gas, so it was unlikely she would have stopped at any of theht have stopped for a soda or a cup of coffee, even so to ency had provided

A tedious and tiet hi St Augustine for the first tis to do, the local tourist agencies would be a logical place to start There were several, not to e tours, tra tours and train tours

He pounded the pavement with Jennie’s picture in hand, and at each stop he was told that no, they hadn’t seen Winona Each tiirl who had disappeared a year ago

Finally, toward the end of a long and frustrating day, he entered a booking office offering a variety of tours and went through the usual spiel

"This isn’t the girl who just disappeared This girl’s nao on vacation and disappeared We think she host tour," he explained for what felt like the thousandth ti the picture again He looked at Caleb, then studied the photograph again

"Wow They really could be the sairl, except--" He broke off, his face wrinkled in concentration

"I can’t tell you how etically

"It’s okay, I know that I appreciate you trying," Caleb said

"I’ht have looked like with her hair up, and I’ about the scariest, spookiest thing it was possible to do Naturally I told her all our tours are great, it just depended on what she was looking for"

Caleb waited, tension filling him at the possibility of a break in the case, as the kid re the photo

At last he said, "I think I do remember her, but her hair wasn’t down like this She’d put it up, because of the heat and all"

"Do you remember what tour she decided on?"

"She didn’t She took all the brochures and said she’d be back, that she’d probably take several of theirls, they really could be the saain "I’m sorry I wish I could be ine," Caleb told hi hi else, and left

The sun was setting, and his feet hurt; it felt as if he had been walking around forever But thanks to the kid at the tour office, at least he had some new inforht The eneral type They looked so much alike that it was uncanny

Whoever had taken Jennie Laas the same person who had just snatched Winona Hart He was sure of it And the trail leading away from Winona’s last knohereabouts would beaway fro to find the person behind Winona’s disappearance, and when he did, he would also find out what had happened to Jennie

He started back toward his B&B then changed direction

Five o’clock had coone Businesses--and museums--would be closed

And the locals would be headed for Hunky Harry’s

Caleb stood still for a longpast hiotten a feel for anything The tra a block away, and he could hear the conductor talking about Henry Flagler and the beautiful hotels he had built

A cannon booe clip-clopped by, and a cloud slipped over the sun, casting the area into shades of silver and gray The facades of the old Spanish buildings see shadows and recede back in history

Had he gotten a feel for anything…?