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The vast ate for her TV shows fall into this camp, and I was afraid that Caroline did too Maybe she’d only been seen ularly because there were more people around

It could be as sih It wouldn’tunexplained can’t be a fascinating narrative At best, ly mundane Only at worst is it sinister, and therefore interesting

But I tried again anyway "Caroline, is there so for here in the world of the living?"

She hovered there, not really looking atat her wrist

"Do you even know you’re dead?"

Burned All of them Burned them up Blamed the flu

Dana had told et thes they re the ghosts’ own phrases back to theave that a shot

"Burned? Who burned, Caroline?"

In the church

"The church--not the hotel here? Then you’re not talking about the Read House?"

In the church, she nodded Theback and forth, gently kicking his foot against the botto in there?" he asked, i for his turn in the bathrooht have another key, but I didn’t think he’d try to followThat’s just Nick He won’t coh Restless--like she’d been reet it I knew, though I didn’t knohy, that she wasn’t talking about Nick She didn’t care about him; she probably didn’t know about him

Caroline looked directly at h leam in her eyes told ht the anyone here"

They’re coht them

"Who? Caroline, who? Work with me here" She came towards me, not slow, but not as fast as she could have I backed away out of instinct or reflex "Caroline, I didn’t bring anyone Just Nick, and, and, I didn’t bring hiainst it

She cary It wasn’t me, it was you!

It was an accusation, now Not a suspicious guess

Out, she breathed She pushed the word against hosts so rarely have anything ht she’d do to back up the order

"I only want to help"

Out!

She darted, flashed, and was gone And the television beside lass sprayed across the roo across the floor and the bed The vanity mirror broke too--violently and with er pieces than the TV screen In the bathroo into the tub’s interior, and the toilet lid beat itself up and down

I couldn’t see her, but she was everywhere She tore the roo like it fros and leave ses

"Caroline!" I yelled, because the wind in the roo louder

On the other side of the door I heard Nick again He was knocking, beating Wanting to knoas going on Deht, there was soed at the door’s latch-like knob but it wouldn’t budge

"Caroline, stop it!"

They are co for all of us