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Jed didn’t look at her He rose and headed for the bathroom A minute later she heard the shower come on
He didn’t seeht, or understand that it seemed every bit as ridiculous to her to think that her cousins could be involved
He ca his hair with a towel "You should coo see if Adao, too Then Genevieve and I can talk about old ti a smile
He paused by the bed and lifted her face He kissed her lips "Can a ghost kill?" he asked in all seriousness
Was heher? She couldn’t tell She hesitated, then said, "He…uh…ht I’ll see you later" He started for the door, then turned back "Wait for me?"
"All right"
"I’o anywhere--especially with ht?"
"There’s no real evidence," he said
"There’s no evidence at all," she snapped in return "Don’t worry about me I want to decorate the house for Halloween, so I think I’ll get started on that I’m a bit late, but, hey…there are still ten days left And I can hunt up all the Thanksgiving stuff while I’o out for Halloween," she said softly "She wanted all of us to get dressed up like characters fro to be Toto"
"Sounds…"
"Sounds la about a serial killer in the same breath, huh?"
He didn’t knohat to say to that, so he just said goodbye and left
She sat there in her bed and listened to his footsteps on the stairs, followed by voices Adam’s, Genevieve’s, Thor’s…Jed’s Even Killer woofed his two cents Finally the front door opened and closed, and then she heard a car start up, drive away And still she stayed in bed, listening to the sound of silence
"Adam, do you think you can help Katherine in any way? Do you thinkthat can help clear Beau but doesn’t realize it?" Jed asked,the older man’s eyes in the rearview mirror Thor was next to him, too tall to fit co to believe in ghosts, but he was intrigued by the efficacy of the power of suggestion and hypnosis He was sure Adaain, froathered, Adam Harrison never actively tried to convince anyone that the spirit world existed
"I don’t know I’m not sure how much she could know She couldn’t have been more than twelve or thirteen when the first set of murders took place She believes in her brother, blindly, because she loved hi, even subconsciously"
When they arrived at the Kidd house, Katherine had obviously been waiting She walked out to greet thes and her gypsy-style skirt
"I’ve been watching the news Lieutenant Tiggs is being interviewed He just told the reporter that authorities think they’re looking for a copycat killer!" She shook her head in dismay "How can they say that?"
"They haven’t found any reason to fault Larry Atkins for shooting your brother, Katherine," Jed explained "I’m sure there’s a lot of departmental pressure to keep the story as-is until they know soht and we’re still looking for the same killer, he’s more likely to make a mistake if he doesn’t realize they’re on to him"
She nodded, but her attention was already focused on Adaht," she said "I really saw him"
"I believe you," Adam said quietly
She hesitated "Can you hypnotize …if I could only re we don’t know, so your brother back, you know," Ada my brother back I know that But I still think there’s soht," Adao in, shall we?"
"Here’s one of the boxes of Thanksgiving decorations," Christina said, pleased She and Genevieve were down in the baserandh to find what she was looking for
Genevieve laughed "What was your first clue? That great drawing of a turkey, maybe?" she said
"Mike did that Mike could always draw," Christina said
"Okay…what else?" Gen asked
"Why don’t you grab that box over there, past the pool table? I think it has seasonal serving trays and things"
"I envy you your base the box in question "I wish I had one, but with the water table down in the Keys…no way"
Upstairs, as they set the boxes down, Christina looked at Genevieve and burst into laughter
"What?"
"You’re covered in spiderwebs I think I have to get down there and really sweep the place out"
"Spiderwebs?" Genevieve said, horrified
"Not so jealous of hed "I don’t want a bunch of spider bites I’ to run up and take a shower I’ll be back down in a few et Ana, see if she wants to help decorate"
Christina cut across Tony’s lawn to reach Ana’s house At the door, she rang the bell and waited No one answered, and she started to walk away Ana often worked weekends, so there was nothing strange about her being gone But then she thought she heard
She walked around the house Ana ht, because she could hear the television; it was on somewhere in the back of the house