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"We’ll talk later Right now I’"

"You know," Caroline said, sitting back and pushing her plate away, "I like Hunky Harry’s, but we could expand our horizons Eat somewhere else"

"But it’s such a nice central place to meet," Renee said

"Yes, but we could meet here, maybe have a drink, then wander on to another restaurant," Barry pointed out

"We could," Will said "But why?"

Sarah was happy to see that the conversation was light and trivial Caleb was an investigator, but there was nothing the rest of the disappearances other than try to stay safe

Except for her She had discovered so much today And while she hadn’t been ready to talk to Caleb about her experience earlier--she was still sorting it out in her own mind, now--she found herself anxious to talk to him Alone

She picked up her ruhtened suddenly by the intensity of the relationship they had developed so quickly If she had any sense, she would step back

She would take a vacation to the Baha but be here And yet, everything she’d said about her house was true; she had never felt more…needed

Had her ure out a way to escape? Or had she really been helped out of the basehost? Maybe she had seen thatat soined the ghost because she was desperate and afraid Had it been her way of dealing with panic?

But she had to face it, the entire thing had been…weird First the noise Then the baseht went out…

There hadn’t been anyone else in the house--or had there? Ti iven a key, too

There were definitely too many keys to her house in other people’s hands

"Looks like Ti here," Renee said, leaning in close to be heard over theconversations

"I should hope so," Barry said indignantly "He should be spending every second looking for the murderer"

"No one can work all the tiht, and yet it often see around hi there He sure as hell wasn’t with her because of the case, so she wasn’t even going to think in that direction, wasn’t going to question everything that was going on between theht?" Barry asked

"No, I’m afraid not," Caleb said

"What about the woman you found on the beach?" Renee asked, her eyes wide

"They don’t even know her identity yet," Caleb says "It takes ti, but it doesn’t always produce instantaneous results"

Caroline shivered "I think it’s scary, so…" She paused and looked around "How come nobody looks panicked?"

"That’s true," Will said "I hope people are being careful, though Three wo or dead, all in one year"

"It’s possible that the wo for and Winona Hart will still show up," Renee offered hopefully

"It’s possible," Caleb agreed As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone He glanced at the caller ID and excused hi to take this where I can hear I’ll be right back"

When he was gone, Barry said, "Business?"

"I guess," Sarah said

Renee looked across the table at her "We need another round Poor Sarah! You must have been scared to death in that base, then knuckled the top of her head "My cousin can handle anything"

"But that house! I’d be terrified if I were locked in a basement And then to find out the door was really unlocked all the time Here’s what I think, and I can’t help it The house locked you in Then, just to ain"

Will burst out laughing "Oh, Renee! Come on"

"I’d be creeped out," she said "You wouldn’t catchthere"

"The house is just a house Those bones were old, but there’s a real killer out there now," Will said

Barry rolled his eyes "I think we’re obsessing on this et all about it and dance," he said, nodding toward the dance floor When no one ed unenthusiastically

As she and Barry walked out to the dance floor, Will leaned closer to Sarah and spoke directly to her, his eyes intense "Sarah, et someone to cover for me at work and take you to…I don’t kno York City The Bahamas Anywhere else, just for a while"