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"Me," Katherine Kidd announced softly

That led to hter, not to , interrupted only by the arrival of their food

Genevieve, Thor and Adam had left the next day Christina had been sorry to see her friends go, but she was co together the weekend after Halloween

She doubted, however, that she would ever see Adaain, and she told him she was sorry about that when she slipped into his room to help him pack

"You never know, Christina You never know Perhaps one day I’ll call on you to help someone else"

"Gladly," she said as he smiled, and folded his last shirt "At least your tihost"

"You’ve always had ghosts around you, Christie You see them when you need to, and they find their way to you when they need you"

"But I haven’t seen Beau since…"

"Since you were in Tony’s basement"

"Right"

"Did you see the papers, though? He was vindicated That hat he needed I don’t think he’ll be back"

"Do you think that Katherine saw hioodbye?"

"I do," he assured her

After that she and Jed had been alone in the big old house, and now there he was, standing beside her bed, watching her

"You went to Beau Kidd’s grave?" she asked

He smiled and sat down next to her "I think he kept you alive until I got there, and I had to thank him"

She smiled and touched his face "Did you see him?" she asked

"I prayed for him," he said, and she didn’t push it

"Coffee’s on," he told her, apparently eager to move away from a topic he still had trouble with

"Thanks"

He left the room, and she showered, dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen, where she poured herself some coffee