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Ignoring the fact that only a fewaway to the Bahamas herself, she said, "I’m okay Really Anyway…" She blushed, then went on "Caleb’s staying with ? We don’t know enough about that guy yet," Will said

She srateful for his protective nature, but she knew in her heart that this ti I need to know," she said "Ifor him is by definition aboveboard And just so you know, I know everything I need to about Caleb"

"Oh, really?" Caroline said, shifting around to her other side "What do you really know? That he looks good in boxers Or naked? You can’t let yourself be blinded by the physical thing, Sarah I knoanted you to start dating again, and I even kind of pushed you two together, but…"

"Would you two have some faith in me?" Sarah demanded "I’m fine, and so is Caleb I’m worried about you, Caroline Will, you need to stay close to her She’s a beautiful blonde, and both thewhen she saw Caleb returning to the table Whatever he had heard during his phone call had htful He sat down, then said, "I think I need to call it a night Sarah, you ready?" he asked

"Yeah, I’ back, weaving between tables, and he was alone "Where’s Renee?"

"With friends," he said, sliding into his chair, sounding disgusted

"We all have friends," Will offered

"She left oing to take off," Sarah told hiht?"

He looked startled; then he s boy I’ll be fine We’ll be fine I’ravated, not suicidal Go ahead We’ll see you to out for a fewat Will "That way you won’t have to sit here alone"

Barry so Honestly I have been in a bar by ave hiht when she returned

Will and Caroline left with them, but at the plaza, they split up to walk their separate ways

Caleb glanced at her "You’re sure you want to stay in the house? The carriage house is just fine, you know"

"I want to stay in the house," she told him firmly

"What really happened today?" he asked her

"I honestly don’t know I thought I saw hi at him sideways

He frowned "Please tell me that my ancestor didn’t lock you in the basement"

"No, he helped me out of it Or I hallucinated he helpedhe was really there…that’s ridiculous"

"The front door was unlocked when I got there--and so was the baseht have been trying to scareet allyour keys back," he said "Toe the locks"

She nodded "That’s not a bad idea," she admitted, then asked, "Who was that on the phone?"

"Floby," he told her

"Floby?" she echoed, surprised "What’s up?"

"He found traces of a hallucinogen in the dead woman’s system"

"She was on LSD?"

"He’s not sure what He doesn’t have all the results in yet I’ll head over to see hihtful

"I found out so recently, too," Sarah said "This sa the Civil War A bunch of women disappeared, and people assuh only a few bodies were ever found And I read two memoirs that talked about it--one written by a woman who moved down here after the Yankees occupied the city in 1862, the other one a journal kept by Nellie Brennan, the daughter of Leo Brennan, thethe irl in a coffin She said that the corpse was so white it was as if all her blood had been drained Brennan caught her and a friend staring at the girl, and threatened theun the next time they ventured onto his property Nellie said that her father was furious when a Sergeant Lee brought a corpse to the house She snuck out and looked at it, and it sounded as if that woh maybe that was because her whole body looked as if wild anieant wanted her father to cover up the fact that the woman had been murdered In both cases, the cause of death was listed as being run down by a carriage"

"Really? Is there a way I can read those memoirs?" Caleb asked her

"I still have the first one, but the other is one of the library’s newest acquisitions, so they won’t let it out But you can go to the library and read it"

"Maybe," he said contemplatively "There are certainly correlations between the past and the present that are…extraordinary," he said "You know about the historical Martha Tyler, right?"

"If what Nellie wrote was true, she was horrible She threatened Nellie She told her that she could wind up like the dead woman"

"And a woman who called herself Martha Tyler but wasn’t the real woman by that name was at the beach when Winona Hart disappeared," Caleb said

He looked as if he was going to say more When he didn’t, Sarah demanded, "What? Caleb, I’ the past and these disappearances have so to do with et You have to tell me what you know"