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He was surprised when Adaain, Mr Braden I enjoy our conversations"

"Thanks I will"

Christina still didn’t even glance his way

Jed walked down the stairs, furious with hi sucked in There were no such things as ghosts, he told hiued and haunted and hurt But so, had been wrong his whole life, and there were ghosts after all

And maybe someday, when this was all in the past, he could even learn to let his own ghosts go

"Thank God you’re all right You really scared one

Ain response, Genevieve arrived at the doorway, Ana right behind her

Adarinned "Wow All these beautiful young women I should feel a little woozyin and sitting on the foot of the bed

"I am absolutely fine," Adam assured her

Ana looked at hiain "I hope you don’t ht?" she said softly

Christina started; you could have heard a pin drop in the rooone so silent

"Yes," Ada time," Ana went on

Adam smiled reminiscently "Yes"

"It was like you were hi

Again everyone else stayed silent, watching her as she kept speaking

"I didn’t see Beau Kidd, but I could have sworn I saw your son That…that he was real"

Adam reached out and touched her face "He is very real, thank you He had the gift And he died young I never had the gift, but I do believe in it, and I’ve been able to gather people around e to use it"

"Do you think I have a gift?" Ana asked

Christina grimaced "If you don’t, you’re welco the tension in the rooently to Ana

"Let’s let Adaet some rest," Genevieve said firone, and Christina suspected he would be going hoht was over

"I’ to head on out," Ana said

"We’ll walk you to your house," Tony said

"I’m okay I’ve walked from here to

"Yeah, but not tonight," Dan said "I’ll walk you over"

"We live right next door," Ilona reminded him "It’s easy for us to do it"

"And deprive et’s coroaned

"I can walk you ho a jerk," Mike told her

"Oh, let the jerk do it," Ana said "Good night, Christina Thanks for the barbecue And the séance That was…cool"

Dan gave Christina a kiss good-night, waved to the others and headed out with Ana Ilona and Tony left next, and Mike was right behind the in the doorith Genevieve and Thor

She was disturbed by the sense of loneliness that swept over her She didn’t re tiht Gran or Granda, even ht show up If only for a entle, reassuring "They didn’t need to stay behind," he said "They loved and were loved Their lives were full"

"But ," Christina said, all the remembered pain in her voice

"They still lived their lives as they were meant to be lived," he offered

Christina nodded "Well…I’uess," she ot anywhere tonight"

She was startled when Adam suddenly called down the stairs, "We’re all in and the house is locked up for the night, yes?"