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"Drinks after work? I’, it’s a deal," Brad said

"Great O’Malley’s?"

"A fine place," Brad said, feigning a decent Irish accent

"You staying here?" Joe asked Ada, at least," Adao meet Eileen Brideswell, but I’ll be back later" Joe said, offering Laymon a hand Then he kissed Nikki on the cheek "I expect you’ll be at the airport by the tiet back, but it’s been a real pleasure"

"Likewise," Nikki assured hiht that Layht Ada, but he hadn’t said anything In fact, he had decided that so long as he was going to be burdened with extras at his site, they should work Now Nikki was recording a list of their findings, while Adam had been handed a soft brush and told to carefully clear the etchings on the burial stones in the walls She and Brad had already begun to carefully work on the stone tombs that littered the crypt

Eventually, Lay with a city official Brad went along with hi neorthy caone, Leslie showed Nikki and Adaister with the births and deaths "See? Mary…Mary…a few Kathleens…andthe wall, but Nikki straightened suddenly And turned

Leslie did the same, while Adam just watched the toazed at the toward her

The spectral child edged away To Leslie’s surprise, she felt a tiny hand slip into hers Like any shy child, Mary was hugging close to her

"It’s okay," Leslie told her gently, squeezing the hand that so trustingly enfolded in her own "Nikki is lad to meet you," Nikki said "We think Leslie found your ether, but…Mary, as your last name?"

"Mary"

"No, I mean…I’m Nikki Blackhawk, and Leslie is Leslie MacIntyre What’s your last na

"What?" Nikki asked

Leslie dropped to her knees, praying not to be interrupted at this crucial irl said at last

Leslie stood, ruhostly hair "Miss Mary Sherood care of you and your mother All I have to do now is find exactly where you are, and it’s near here, right? Very near here?"

"I think so," Mary said

Leslie s her and Nikki silently "We’re looking for a child’s grave belonging to Mary Sher the crypt, Nikki using the register, Leslie and Ada the plaques on the wall

"Bingo," Adam said softly a little while later

Leslie hurried over to him He had dusted off a plaque on the wall She read the old English carefully There were six tiny coffins behind the slab; the children interred within had all died of a fever

The last name was that of Mary Sherone

After the coffins had been discovered, Leslie kept staring at the walls, tapping them

"Leslie?" Nikki said worriedly

"There’s another way in here," Leslie said "I realized--as we found the coffins--that I was here when I was supposedly knocked out by the falling ceiling"

"All right"

They began a search together Nothing No secret door At least, none that the ages would still allow them to find

Nikki set an arm around Leslie’s shoulders "We did find Mary," she said

Leslie sighed It was true Now all she had to do was convince Laymon that the bones in the crypt needed to be disinterred so those of the woman they had discovered in ould have been the churchyard could be carefully buried with those of her child