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"Look over there"

"Who is it?"

"Lori New But then she grew serious "Joe…I know this sounds strange, but I’m absolutely convinced Genevieve O’Brien is alive"

"I feel it, too That’s exactly why I’ to stay alive ot to find her soon, before he…" His voice trailed off as he considered the cost of failure

"It isn’t Brad Trust h to pull so like this off"

Joe actually sht"

"What are you talking about?"

"It was strange When I touched Eileen’s hand tonight…" She stopped, wincing "I saw her…in a vision, I guess you’d say She was alive But she was desperately trying to do soive up She didn’t have the strength to keep going"

He just stared at her "You…had a vision?"

She shook her head "I don’t knohat it was, exactly But tonight, when I touched Eileen, it was almost as if I could reach out and touch Genevieve"

"If only you could," he mused softly

"May I take that picture? The one you showed me with her--and Brad--in it?" Leslie asked "I’m sure you have other copies"

He nodded "Sure"

Adaroup

"Think that kid is co back with your car?" Nikki teased Joe

"Sure hope so"

But the young man, who in fact worked for the hotel, returned the car in less than two s House was quick

Despite Adam and Nikki’s presence, Joe came inside with theh the house, upstairs and downstairs, then went back to the servants’ pantry and down to the baseet settled Leslie waited for him in the servants’ pantry As she did, she looked around It was a If she hadn’t been here herself when the room exploded into fire and splinters, she would never suspect now that any such thing had ever happened

Joe came back up the stairs

"Empty?"

"To my eyes," he said quietly

Hands on his hips, he turned away frohtfully at the hatch She stood behind hiainst his back

"Thank you"

"Hey,I can do," he murmured

He turned His eyes searched hers out as he lifted her chin with his thu to kiss her full on the lips She didn’t knohat she felt, what she would do

But his lips landed lightly on her forehead, instead "Leslie, I’ you, for the love of God, be careful" He backed away and looked at her "I don’t get visions, but I do get hunches And I feel nervous as hell right now"

"I swear to you, I’ll be careful And don’t forget, Nikki and Adaht," she said

At last, with a last brush of his lips against her forehead, he left for the night She keyed in the alarm after he left and headed upstairs

Adaht before Nikki was in her roo up in the queen-size bed, playing with the remote control "You must be a real celebrity," she said "You’ve just been on the news," she told Leslie

Leslie groaned "I guess it’s out that we found bones in the basement here," she said

Nikki nodded "There was just a shot of you and Matt dressed up for some kind of social event, then the story Pretty low key, actually"

"I’ht and brush her teeth When she eed and crawled beneath the covers, she couldn’t help but think, Matt won’t coht?" Nikki asked

"Of course I’m thrilled you’re here"

Nikki sht And…"

"And?"

"Joe is alive"