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"I told you, Jed You need a horse You need to quit going over old history, quit trying to oodin the rocker on his front porch, as if waiting for Jed He barely see out of the car with hinore Thor

"Hello, Larry," Jed called

Larry Atkins stood up "I knohat you’re thinking, Jed You’re a little ahead of the guys wearing the badges, but go ahead Search the place Sure, now I’m a suspect Hell, I shot my partner"

"Nice place you have here," Thor coht Nice place Off the beaten track Means I ht? I even shot ain Hell, I have roo the unheard… Search the place if you want, Jed"

"I don’t have a warrant, Larry," Jed said

"I know you don’t Da Co you of anything," Jed said

"You’re here, aren’t you? With that Scandinavian bruiser over there"

Jed glanced quickly at Thor, who grinned with amusement, unoffended

"Come in," Larry insisted

There was little help for it, and hell, they had driven all the way out there Larry led the way, and he did a thorough job of it They went through all the rooms, then down to the slorified crawl space, and then out to the stables He took thele stall

"Are you happy?" Larry demanded when they were finished "I have a question for you," Jed countered

"Yeah?" Larry said

"Today, looking back, do you think Beau meant to draw on you? Do you think there’s any possibility he thought you ht have been someone else?"

Larry stared at him blankly; then he sed hard "He drew on ht?"

"The killing stopped," Larry said

"Right But you’re not answering un I was cleared," Larry told hiht Thanks, Larry"

They left, and Jed found hiot back in the car "Well?"

"I think it was dark, and Beau Kidd did draw his weapon I suspect that Larry Atkins didn’t identify himself But other than that…"

"What?"

Thor shook his head "I don’t know Underwater uilty of killing those wo is…"

"What?" Thor asked hi So I need to see The connection…"

"The connection to what?"

"I don’t know And that’s it I can’t even figure out why I’m so certain that there is a connection, but I know it’s there" He hesitated for a moment, then stared at Thor as he finally turned the key in the ignition "So just what the hell are you really doing here? What’s your connection to all this?"

There was mist everywhere, so much artificial mist that it was almost impossible to see

But then, this was October in a the extra for the privilege of being scared right down to their Nikes

"Christie?" Ana called softly

"Right here"

Ana giggled "I think they got a bit carried aith the fog Did you see the oon? Incredible"

"Did you do any of the ave a workshop for most of the vampires There--if you can see it" She pointed "That one is n"

"Good look," Christina complin, as well," Ana said proudly

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