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When they reached her house, he turned off the engine and sat in the drive She didn’t see at the wake had been hard for her, he knew, but he couldn’t change the way he was feeling right then, and he just didn’t have any sy to hi and what Ada there Finally he said, "I’ll walk you in"

She stared at hihtly puzzled expression on her face Then her expression changed, resigned at first, followed by full-scale angry

"Don’t worry I can find roan when she started to exit the car, and she turned and glared at hi you with Katherine Kidd," she said politely

"Look, I just don’t believe in ghosts I’ you see the dead rising, but I just don’t believe in the possibility ht?" he deular, sorry," she snapped

"Beau Kidd"

"Look, I’ to hurt Katherine or anyone else," she said "I don’t want to see Beau Kidd And I’ot involved with someone you think is a fruitcake But don’t worry You can walk away Ana and I will still be friends, but you don’t have to have anything to do with nation "Now let o"

He had no choice but to do so, and the minute he did, she sla, catching her arain

Just then Tony Lowell’s minivan, with Tony at the wheel and Ilona beside hiroaned inwardly at the thought that they could see as going on, and who the hell knehat they would think It looked like trouble in paradise over here for sure, and they were both looking at hiuys!" Christina called to thee, but they didn’t look convinced

"Look, Christina--"

"Please, just letwith me Go keep an eye on Katherine Kidd, why don’t you? I’m sure she could use your help"

He couldn’t tell whether she sincerelyafter another potential victim, or if there was a touch of jealousy in her words

Maybe he wanted her to be a little bit jealous, he thought

"What does thatat hi ht"

As she started toward the house, the door opened Genevieve was standing there, another witness to the whole thing, he suspected

Killer ca out to meet his mistress He jumped up and down, happy to see Christina, then

"Killer, co ran back over to her Fro to her, and she turned and stared at Jed "You are coht, aren’t you?" she asked

"Why? What’s the big deal with to for the truth at last

"Adam thinks…" Her voice trailed off, and she looked away

"What?" he asked harshly "What does Adaain, and said in a rush, "Adaht help catch the killer" Her eyes ly "Will you cohtly, then walked inside

He didn’t have to tell her to lock the door He heard the bolt snap into place

"Do you think he was there?" Ada lost total track of the conversation She had tried not to appear upset about Jed, since no one there knew about the details of their relationship Actually, she didn’t really know the details of it herself, she realized insilence Still, there was no reason to let anyone else know she was upset, so when she’d co about the wake

"It’s very possible that the killer was there," Ada his own question

"I think half the state was there," she told him

"What about Beau?" Adam asked "Is he here?"

Genevieve hadnow in the parlor She hadn’t seen Beau Kidd since she’d coh Great No Jed, and now no Beau

She shook her head "Beau isn’t here But the proble He thinks the real killer was somewhere behind Larry Atkins, his partner, and that’s why he pulled his weapon But Larry thought Beau was aiot the chance to explain, everyone decided he was the Interstate Killer and they stopped looking for anyone else So he’s hauntingthis house…but he can’t help"

Adahtful "What about the funeral?" he finally asked her

"It was sad"