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"I’m afraid so," Caleb said

"Oh, God" Renee shrank back, as if she could become one with the sofa "You found her, didn’t you?" she accused Caleb

"Actually, I did," Sarah said, sitting down in an empty chair next to Caleb

Renee’s double take was al in the cemetery?"

"I went on a tour," Sarah told her

"You went on a tour?" Barry said incredulously

"I needed a fresh perspective," she said, and shrugged

Caleb was still studying Renee

"Renee, are you sure that you were attacked last night? That you didn’t simply fall? Just how loaded were you?" he asked

Renee flushed "Loaded enough to black out, all right? So no, I’ They said at the hospital that I had been attacked, so I figured…"

"And you told the police you saw…me before whatever happened, happened?" he pressed

She flushed again "I saw so towardit"

"Okay, and while you were out last night, who else did you see?" Caleb asked

She stared back at him, her face wrinkled in puzzlement "I saw all of you, obviously--Caroline, Will, the two of you, Barry And then, later on, at the Dirty Duck--or ot to the Mainmast, I don’t know--I saw…I saw all kinds of people Gary and the guys froroup of tourists who had been over to Cassadaga, so to be there, if you ask an, too, didn’t you?" Sarah interrupted "She ca you leave on your own"

"Yeah, I saw Cary She can sure drink I think that’s where Ito keep up with her, and she can drink anyone under the table," Renee said

"What about Tim Jamison?" Caleb asked "Did you see hiht, then shook her head "No, I don’t think so"

"Okay, Renee, this is really important, so please, think hard Do you remember any details at all of what happened after you left the Dirty Duck?" Caleb asked her

She let out a sigh "Just what I’ve told people already I saw lights--they uy in Civil War clothes and…thought it was you I didn’t tell Jamison at first--only Sarah, when she came to see me But she said it couldn’t have been you, so…I don’t know It was soh, and he must have looked kind of like you And then someone hit me, or maybe I did just pass out, only everybody is suspicious because…there’s a killer out there I just don’t know!" she practically wailed

"Hey, hey, it’s okay," Barry said reassuringly, putting an ar Get soave her a goodbye kiss on the cheek, and then Barry saw the the door behind them

"I want to check out the bars she mentioned and see if anyone reht," Caleb said

"Then let’s go"

Sarah was surprised to discover that Caleb was carrying a picture of Frederick Russell on hi with shots of Jennie Lawson, Renee, Winona Hart and Tim Jamison, the latter out of uniform

They hit paydirt almost immediately with one of the bartenders at the Dirty Duck, who came over and looked at the pictures, then focused on those of Frederick Russell and Jennie Lawson "Those others are locals, and I see them all the time But these two…I kind of think I do reuy as just found in the car in the bay, right? I think they were both in here about a year ago"

"Together?" Caleb asked

"No No, the guy was alone--we got talking about our favorite local restaurants And the girl…she came in alone, too, I think, but she was the friendly type, talked to a lot of people She looked pretty blitzed when she left, too This guy, he left right after her, said he was going to get her into a cab"

Caleb thanked him, and theyelse of interest, so they headed back to the house He was quiet as they walked

"Well?" Sarah asked softly at last

He studied her, touched her hair gently "You’re not afraid of me, are you?" he asked, his expression intent

She shook her head

"Are you afraid of…ain, and sh for the first ti to help us He did help us He wanted us to find Eleanora and made sure we did"