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"I didn’t screa you, I didn’t screa In surprise, in pain, in…whatever! I didn’t screa, and then the rush of the water and the pain inhis eyes for a minute "Of course Of course, I will do my best to remember more, but…it was sudden So sudden Seriously, I went into the water How the hell do you scream in the water? I mean, I suppose you could try, but…no one would hear it, certainly Oh, my God I was attacked on that property by so hio back there!" she whispered

"Like hell! I want to knoho did this!" Avery told her

He spoke to Kelsey’s cell phone again "Sorry, Liao back there I told her no slinking ass was drivingwith her Whoever this is wants to separate her fro that happen! What? Oh, I haven’t seen the doctor yet I woke up with Kelsey reading to ht, yes, of course" He closed the phone and handed it back to her

"You hung up on him?" she asked

"He wants a doctor to co I have to stay here," Avery explained "He was in the uts on the beach"

"What?" Kelsey demanded

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"There was a dead animal on the beach, that’s what it sounded like Not a huet the doctor for me?"

"Yes, of course!"

Kelsey ran out to the nurses’ station, excitedly told the woman on duty that Avery had come to and ran back to the roo, but he came in just seconds after Kelsey had returned to the room

He spoke to Avery, listened to his words, asked hiers in different positions, alike and opposing, and stared into his eyes carefully with a light

Afterward, he supported Avery as he stood for the first tiether

Finally, the doctor said, "You’re looking very well, Mr Slater Very well indeed That was a nasty buht for observation, then take it easy for a week or so"

"Oh, I can’t stay," Avery said

"Avery, they said that you needed to stay in the hospital another night," Kelsey said

"Well, I can’t I need to be with you And you know that you can’t stay here You need to be working on your grandfather’s estate," Avery said firmly

"I don’t want you here alone," Kelsey said

"Here’s the deal, Kelsey, and that’s that I’ll stay, if you’ll go ho the day while Lia That’s it, that’s my final offer!"

The doctor looked from one of them to the other "This is a hospital, miss Your friend will be safe here"

"I take it he never saw Friday the 13th," Avery said, grinning "Parts one or two!"

"I beg your pardon?" the doctor said

"I’," Avery said He looked at Kelsey "I will catch up on People and US I will be fine You’ll call soet you--someone ill stay with you And I’ll think about what happened, and try to re ripped in two She kne that her grandfather had counted on her finding the reliquary, on doing the right thing with it

She needed to go through his ledgers, to find out how he had labeled the various pieces and where he wanted theo

But she didn’t want Avery to be alone

"Avery, you’re staying I’ll get on the phone with Lias out"

She looked across the roouardian