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"They still haven’t caught the psychos yet?"

"No, and I’ his voice, "that these psychos are the real deal Not just so from a stickup at a Wawa These are some serious bad boys, m’man"

"What do you uys is soer"

"Never heard of him"

"Yes, you have"

"No, I--"

"Ever heard of the Cape May Killer?"

"Yeah Who hasn’t?"

Terry said nothing, letting Croork it out It didn’t take long "Oh my God!"

"Uh-​huh"

"I mean…oh my God!"

"Yep"

"Christ, Terry, are you sure?"

"He was ID’d by the Philly cops"

"Oh My God"

"Yeah So," said Terry, "did you reot it"

"Is it loaded?"

"Of course it’s loaded"

"Then keep it close, my brother, ’cause Halloween’s come to town early this year"

"What d’you ht," Terry said, but despite his flippant words, there was little humor in his voice

Croitched off the phone and frowned into the shadows for a few moments; then he hit speed-​dial for Val’s cell phone, but it rang through to her voice e for a callback, ended the call, walked back to the car, got in, and sat behind the wheel staring out at the night for a long ti in silence Finally, Crow turned to hi to call your mom and, uh, Vic, and have them pick you up out at the Haunted Hayride"

"At the hayride? How co you to keep your ave hied version of the facts By the tie and for the moment he looked more like a kid than ever He licked his lips nervously

"Jeez-​us!"

"My feelings exactly"

"In Pine Deep?" Mike said wonderingly "Did the ain?"

"Seereed Crow

They looked at each other for a darkelse I have to tell you But…I don’t want you to think I’rin; then he caught the look on Mike’s face The kid was serious "Um, sure, Mike…fire away"