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"I think the woht have been buried there, then dug up and thrown in the ocean later"

"All right" He sighed "Actually, it’s already been a theory ofup and du time anyway, and I won’t have the results I want until to around by yourself, though, seeing as it’s alet you, so just stay put, you hear?"

"Thank you, Floby I’ht on the plaza, so I’ll wait for you in the café near the Casa Monica Hotel, okay?"

"I’ll find you"

Frederick Russell’s , Ginger, was a perfectly na dra, froested they ly set for evening tea

"I’m very sorry for your loss," Caleb said as he took a seat across from her "But I’m not sure how I can help you I found your husband’s body, but I don’t know anything about him or how he came to be there You said he was murdered, but…"

"First you should know that Ricky--sorry, that’s what I called him--didn’t speed, and he knew these roads like the back of his hand He was one of the most responsible people I’ve ever s There’s no way his death was an accident"

"Perhaps there was soested

She shook her head, s sadly "No way He kept it in perfect repair" She took a deep breath, visibly steeling herself "I’ve asked around, and I knoho you are and why you’re here I’irl you ca for disappeared at pretty much the saiven when you’d reported hi But with the amount of time your husband was in the water, they couldn’t establish an exact tiht he disappeared, I was talking to Frederick on the phone when he suddenly said so like, ‘What the hell…?’ And he wasn’t in his car then, he alking in Old Town He was , so on You had to have known my husband--he would never have passed up a chance to help someone And that’s the last that was seen or heard of him," she said "But I think--no, I’ happened, that he got involved in so he couldn’t handle and was killed for it The police didn’t believe me then, and I doubt they’d believe lanced at his phone, which he’d set on the table, and realized he’d missed a call

Fro me I swear to you, I’ll do my absolute best to find out what happened to your husband, and whether his death is related to the disappearances of these girls"

She offered hiain "I know you will Martha Tyler toldspecial about you That you would help me"

"That was very kind of her I’ll keep in touch," he promised

He walked out onto Charlotte Street and pulled out his phone, trying to reach Sarah He felt his heart sla

But then she answered "Caleb?"

"I’ to reach you I need you tomoment of silence followed, and his eyes narrowed in suspicion as he waited for her answer, and then he cursed silently when she finally replied

"No The cemetery"

Old Toas usually one of the safest areas of St Augustine There were always people about: a dozen different tours going on, locals and tourists filling the bars and restaurants, even people just out walking their dogs

But that night, when they turned off the main street and headed toward the cemetery, there seeht breeze had risen, drifting through thethe way In the dark, the old cemetery felt lonely and forlorn

Even Floby seelanced over at hi avidly at the ground

Like a mad scientist

Like a ins would restore his vigor and his youth

She mocked herself for her fear; she doubted that any of the recent victiins, and she herself certainly wasn’t Apparently it wasn’t virgin blood that was needed, just the blood of the young

"Where exactly are we going?" he asked, his glasses slipping down on his nose so he had to look over the top of the wire frames at her

"The copse--where Martha Tyler was lynched," Sarah said "But we can wait, if you want Caleb is on his way" She had stopped as she spoke, but he had kept on walking Now he turned around, and for a ht blinded her She felt a sudden and terrible fear that he was suddenly going to grab her and start laughing maniacally

"Sarah!"

It was Caleb’s voice, and she spun around, shaking He was striding down the street toward the out here alone?" he demanded