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Anthony shook his white head in a way that ht, here’s et about past transgressions--committed by the lot of you Every woal and intelligent She was sent here to work Matt, you’re having trouble up at your place You told randfather’s old friend Harrison after you received his letter Key concept here--you called hiirl?"
"She looks too much like Lavinia," Clint said
"No, she doesn’t," Carter argued "She has the walk, the race That’s all that’s the sa to do with anything, gentlemen"
"Gentlemen?" Mae said with a sniff
"I’, I suppose And yes, I called Adaot the letter, but that’s the point--I expected Adaain,to do with her appearance" He glared at Clint and Carter "Not that she resembles Lavinia in any way"
"She doesn’t She’s really much prettier," Mae put in
"But," Matt continued "She doesn’t look like any hard-core investigator, does she?"
"Looks can be deceiving," Carter said
"Hey, they say you’re going to let Liz do a seance," Anthony Larkin reminded him "How hard-core would that be?"
"Liz was close with Grareat nurse to hied when I told her that I had people cohost experts She wanted first crack at a seance, before any out-of-towners took over She also holds her Wo event that ured it had to be sostore She said that she’d been pleading with you, just for herself, since she’s so sure she feels all that cold stuff, especially in the upstairs bedroouy fro out that pretty girl because she’s oing buood-looking," Clint supplied
Matt nodded slowly They were all right--and he had been one hell of an ass to the woman She had just hit a raw nerve with hi as if she had just stepped off a fashion page, heels clicking on the floor, manicured nails expressive in the air as she spoke, her face that of a sophisticated angel--or siren, one or the other
Redheads were always trouble
"I’y"
The phone rang stridently fro Mae picked up the phone
"Hello…yes, Penny, he’s here He’s got his cell phone turned off again, huh? Well, he’s sitting here, sure as can be Shouldn’t have that cell phone turned off, Matt, you know that," she said, her hand over the receiver
"Shirley at the station knohere I am, and that’s all that matters," Matt said
"Penny knows you’re here now, co the stubborn set to his jaw
Matt cast Mae an evil eye, then rose to accept the receiver from behind the bar Penny cairl from New York an absolutely wretched ti And how did you hear so fast?"
Matt looked around Sure enough, Marty Sawyer--Penny’s nepheho had been watching Carter’s pool game was nohere to be seen He’d slunk out already
"Matt Stone! There is so rade school was tellinghistory productions we did last summer, and you knoell as I do that you can’t keep that kind of progra if we don’t make sure that the house is entirely safe And you’ve already agreed that we can let the seance go on"
"Because even though I don’t believe in such a thing as a ‘ to e off Elizabeth--coate your property He usually charges people for his services Now you know that I personally think that the ghosts are wonderful, but even I’ nervous here Think about poor Clara’s face--and don’t go telling host stories, soreat Passion, spurned lovers, oing on as well Oh, Matt, please! If you really love the house and our history and want to keep the place open, not to et started on her investigations, no matter what it is, exactly, that she does"