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Most of the funerary art was old, a lot of it broken, so the ce feel Even the sidewalk that ri the concrete and breaking through Too often the city looked to the nehen it cas, seldom to the old

She was just about to head into the cemetery itself when she felt the wave of cold rush over her, followed by the sensation of being followed She turned around to look, but the sun was in her eyes, blinding her

Suddenly she heard a car engine rev, and a vehicle went rushing by her, sending adrenaline jetting through her

Had so paranoid now, afraid of threats that existed only in her ownher, a tall redhead, with stunning blue eyes, carrying a Jack Russell terrier She was followed by another woman, and two men, one older and the other blond and extre her They could have tracked her from inside the ce that car, and then they had hurriedly driven past because…

Because these people would have been witnesses if so had happened to her

"Hello," the redhead said "Katherine? Katherine Kidd?"

"Yes Who are you?" Katherine demanded

"I’e, but randfather was buried the saht him some flowers"

"How did you knoho I was?" Katherine asked

"You look like your brother," Christina said

"I look like my brother?"

"I’ve seen pictures," Christina said quickly "And these are friends of ht up, then introduced them

"How do you do?" Katherine said politely

Should she be afraid? she wondered There were four of the sense of being followed, the sense of danger that had tormented her before, and she realized that she had decided they meant her no har to think about that right now

"My brother was innocent," she said without thinking She should have recorded the words years ago, she thought She could never stop herself fro them

"We know," Christina Hardy told her "Are you here to visit his grave? We’ll walk you back"

Kathleen realized she ht away

"I’m a…friend of Jed Braden’s, and I know you talked to hi into your brother’s case"

"Yes," Kathleen answered She indicated the flowers in her arms "Yes, I spoke to hirave"

"We’ll go with you," Christina said "And then we’ll see you back to your car"

Kathleen felt a sudden fierce chill and wondered why she hadn’t felt it before She was in danger Grave danger No pun intended, she thought, trying not to show her fear

"Co a St Patrick’s Day show for one of the parks He thought if they worked on it, they could probably start right after Valentine’s Day and stretch St Patrick’s Day out for an entire month

Like Halloween

"Hello, Mike"

He should have sensed her co; should have felt her But he hadn’t He’d been too absorbed in his project He looked up

Angela was back He’d seen more of her in the past few days than he had in the past two years, he thought And part of that tiela"

She walked in and perched on the edge of his desk He leaned back and asked, "What do you want?"

"Just checking in to see how you’re doing," she said

"No, you’re not"

She crossed her arms over her chest and looked sullen for a ht for once "I heard that the lead for Hera was hurt the other night"

"And?"

"Dan and I always got along pretty well, and I know he’s been cast as Zeus, so if they need another Hera…"

He shook his head, a director You know that If I were, I certainly wouldn’t have put ot cast And Marcie McDonnagh is going to be fine, not to ela slid off his desk "I just thought you should know that if, and I mean if, you discover that they need soo back to work, I’ed "Okay You’re available"

She s further, left, swinging her hips as she went

Once she was gone he realized he had clenched his hands into fists in his lap "I knohere I’d like to have ers