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There was no answer He started to run down the nearest path, searching the shadows andhiot out of here, Injun boy Jumped the fence"

"What?"

"Blackhahat the hell… are you talking to ht," Huey said

"Blackhaeet Jesus, but you’re givingthe truth, Brent felt such a surge of relief that he nearly sank to the ground

"She’s all right," hehis eyes "I was so afraid that I’d find corpses!"

"There are corpses Three of the?"

At that moment, Brent’s pocket vibrated He reached for his cell phone

"Nikki?"

To his relief, he heard her voice

"We’re outside, Brent," she said quickly "Julian thinks we should get the hell out of here as quickly as possible He says we don’t know anything But I had to ht"

"I’m fine"

"What should I do? I wouldn’t knohat to say to the police They already think I’m crazy They must really think you’re crazy, but at least you’re ’officially’ crazy--sorry, an official of soht?"

"I’ to ot hours and hours’ worth of paperwork, and you’d better have so? Roirl on the phone"

"I’ony of indecision He was al He would be willing to bet that neither Patricia nor Nathan was involved, either

The probleuilty party in this

And he didn’t know just as involved, or how deeply

"Go to the police station, Nikki Tell Julian to walk you there, and if he doesn’t want to hang around, he can go hoht?"

"You’re going to be here for hours," Massey told hi

"Let’s go," Massey said

"Go to the police station, Nikki," Brent repeated

"All right," she told hi up

Brent turned and stared at Massey "Three corpses?"

"Yeah, we had help tonight," he said dryly "Haggerty Well, hell, none of theot away, anyway"

"Who are they? Do we know any of them?" Brent deotten the ski o The ME is on his way Oh,to be bad"

At the station, Nikki and Julian were told that they had to sit and wait

Hours passed

Julian grew so restless that he was annoying His phone rang countless times, and he winced every time

"Why don’t you just answer?" Nikki deure out where I aot to deal with it," Nikki told his?"

"By being cute and irresistible?" Nikki suggested

He glared at her and began to pace "Man, we’re a pair, aren’t we? You’re into a guy who sees ghosts, and I… man, I used to think I was all that Then I met the nympho of the century Nikki, do we have to wait here forever? What if ent to Harrah’s or so? So to besoon"

"And when it is, I’ll just call Max and tell hiot to deal with his own business for a day, because I’ you the day off, too How’s that?"

"Great," he said, taking a chair again

The desk sergeant gave hiravated look

It didn’t quell Julian, as quickly up again, pacing

"Can I go to your house?" he asked plaintively

"Go," she told hihed "No, I’ to leave you here alone We’ll wait We’ll just wait"