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"Ana?" she shouted, walking toward the back, where she noticed Ana’s car parked Her friend was clearly ho to her name?

Christina’s heart suddenly started to pound too swiftly, but she gave herself a mental shake

There was no reason to be afraid for Ana She had dark hair, not red Other than being a woman, she didn’t rese, te, Christina raced to the back door It wasn’t exactly wide open, but it was ajar

She was teo in, then realized that if soht, no way to save her friend, who had to be alive Had to She needed to get back to her own house as quickly as possible and call the police

She raced back across Tony’s lawn to her own house, wondering if she was being watched by a killer She looked around, searching for signs, then stopped stock still, too stunned to keep

Dan’s car was there Not parked in front of Ana’s, but down the street, partially hidden by a large oak tree

She felt ill

Horrified

No It couldn’t be

She turned to run back to her own house To reach a phone

But as she stood there, the front door of Ana’s house opened and Dan stepped out He had a piece of paper in his hand, but he didn’t look at it He just stood there, then crumpled the paper in his fist

Even from a distance, she could see the veins stand out in his arm

She waited, usted past, drawing her hair across her throat

As if in warning

She realized that she was partially shielded froe bush, but if she wasn’t careful, he would see her

She looked around desperately and tried to figure out where to run for safety

Ana’s house?

Tony’s?

Her own?

She le a pendant in front of Katherine’s face and tell her she was getting sleepy Instead he had her sit in a co voice, he described a scene so calm and peaceful that Jed nearly fell asleep hiain, living at hoh her brother was a cop, with a place of his own, he still came to the house a lot Sometimes he took her and her friends to a irl named Grace Garcia, Katherine Do you rear makers They caed, Jed realized She actually sounded as if she were thirteen, not the twenty-five he knew she was

"So you knew Grace"

"Yes"

"And what did Beau say about her?"

"He liked her But he was scared when he met her"

"Do you knohere he met her?" Adam asked

Katherine smiled "I know I know, because I ith him"

"And where was that?"

"The pub"

Jed felt his o tense

"What pub?"

"O’Reilly’s pub Lots of people went there Beau said anybody as really Irish alent there"

Anybody as really Irish

"I can see Beau now," she whispered

Jed went still He could have sworn he saw the ht at Jed<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>