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He was becos hat they were All the psychology and science in the world could never really answer the hued where they did

She lay beside hi as old asinside of hi passed, he held her close, felt her flesh against his flesh, the rise and fall of her breathing

What were his intentions?

He had never coain, he had never felt this intiether, no matter what the sexual appeal

Not the time to think about it There was a killer out there

And they were no closer now than they had been ten years ago

Or were they?

It seemed that the curtains suddenly flew, as if cool air whirled into the roohost of Tanya Barnard was standing by her bed

She reached out, and Katie took her hand

"Please…" the ghost whispered

She looked beyond Tanya Danny was there, looking at her with prayerful eyes, and at his side, Stella Martin stood, watching her, waiting

"You must help me," she told them "You must help me Please, think, what do you know? Who followed you, ith you-who killed you? Showat her

She looked to Danny "The books, Danny-and the -who gave you theShe tried to come closer to him, to study the movement She wanted to scream with frustration

I took the books fro for the past, or I would join it Leave it be, and there would be money And there was money I found it under my pirate-skull doormat And I didn’t know, but someone seemed to think I would find out what happened to Tanya, but I had no idea…that was the past I kept the ive it back to, because I really didn’t know

Katie looked at the three ghosts "Can’t you help ht I saw so I saw Stella briefly She came to the , kept her back to the street But then she was gone

Stella stepped forward Noe’re all gone, all gone, and there are is we see in our minds… Katie, help, you must help, you are the only one who can help

She had the oddest sensation of being approached by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, all in one Air seemed to sweep around her in roup in back of La Concha Hotel She could hear the ghost-tour guide speaking, talking about the tragic suicides froman who had perished in the not-too-distant past when he had been distracted by a pretty young woed to his death down an elevator shaft

Danny ith her So was Tanya And Stella They were grouped around her on the tour The others in the group see a Victorian frock coat and vest, and a top hat She couldn’t see his face But then he turned His face was Danny’s face

The tour group ic event All the while, the tour guide talked of the ghosts that still haunted these places Behind hiedy, Tanya and Stella sobbed softly

"She’s still here," Danny said clearly "She’s still here Go anywhere on the island, wax museum, oddities ro de Hoyos… You will see her She is Key West She is our , wailing cry, and the wind shifted and the earthbefore the hanging tree

By the tree, the building began to fade and disappear Next door, where the main section of Captain Tony’s stood, bar stools evaporated, and she h a tiue…the visions swept by Then, the landscape was suddenly raw and overgrown, rocky, with patches around them that were barren She could hear the sound of the water, co from the north, and the west It was all around her…

Aa man named Beckett who looked on with fierce and furious eyes, eyes that seeain, the wind blew; it was as if she stood still while a hurricane raged Tilers and thieves…soldiers in blue, and soldiers in gray, and then sailors froain She heard a cry on the wind "Remember the Maine!"

And then, suddenly, the world was still She alking down a long hall in a building

A strange-looking, skinny old"It is love, love for what is ours, love Love-ah, yes, and family name We are all that we create And I have created love"

He moved aside There was a bed, within the confines of an airplane cabin There was a woown, laid upon the bed

It was just an exhibit Count von Cosel, and his Elena

But Elena rose from the bed and looked up It wasn’t Elena Katie stared at her own countenance She was there She had taken Elena’s place in the exhibit this time