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"You don’t care if he seesout?" he asked politely

She shook her head, sain "Lock the door"

He left, and she closed and locked the door She kne that no one had broken in the other night, but this wasn’t the ti ridiculously happy, as if she alking on air, and headed for the shower She was as quick as she could be, only towel-drying her hair before slipping into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt She was anxious to see Gary

But when she e, she pulled out her cell phone and called hi "I was going to call you, but I wasn’t sure you were up yet"

If there was any insinuation in his words, it certainly wasn’t evident

"No, no, I ake I was hoping you orking again"

"Nope, sorry I just went in to pick up a few tools I’d left the other night I’ you’ll know before I do when it’s okay to start working on the house again"

"I’ll get through to Tim sometime today and see what I can find out," she pro out at Hunky Harry’s lately Come by if you’re at loose ends"

"Sure Thanks," he said, and hung up

It was still early, too early for the library to be open She decided to take her book around the corner to one of the cafés on the plaza and co the way, she picked up the newspaper

Body Found on Anastasia Island, the headline read

She scanned the story while she stood in line for coffee So far, if the police knew anything other than the top-line details, they had ed to keep it from the press The story did iht have been found

A woman’s body was found on the beach yesterday afternoon on Anastasia Island, apparently having washed in froest that the unknown brunette was approxi features are still to be determined The coroner estimates that she has been dead at least six ht know about aperson who fits the description and ti the article It was quite possible that three women had been abducted and killed in less than a year There were other possible explanations, of course The cases ht not be related at all But Caleb seemed to think they were, and she was fairly certain--and not just because she was falling for the s

She heard a strange noise, a soft sob, and looked up A wo antebellu, a corseted day dress with a wide skirt over a hoop petticoat, along with a bonnet And she was staring directly at Sarah

She couldn’t have been the source of the sob, Sarah thought, because she wouldn’t have been able to hear the sound through the glass

"Miss?" The man in line behind her pointed to the counter, where a barista was available

"Sorry, thank you," she said, stepping forward When she looked back out thea one

Sarah looked around the café, searching for her

Several of the tables were in use Three couples, an elderlythe tour coe and s