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I was not frightened "Thank you," I said "Thanks, Josiah" He’d savedto bother you again Everyone you knew here has passed on ahead of you You need to go, too"

I thought he smiled

"Don’t seek justice, seek peace," Xylda said, and the face wavered The eyes turned to Xylda in confusion And then I saw the lids fall and re sound, and I kneeeping as Josiah made his final departure The face lost its clarity, becaradually dispersed In five minutes, there was no more mist And the air was clear

And the ce but us

I couldn’t explain this to anyone, ever

I’d never believed in anything like this Souls, I knew; I’d seen theered for over a hundred years, one that had been strong enough to manifest itself physically Josiah Poundstone must have been a remarkably vital enstern Seeing the ghost changed ht

I wondered what Fred Hart would have told arden at night?"

Detective Lacey toldClyde Nunley’s will really had requested a burial at St Margaret’s, saying he had loved the college so ht this was aree Detective Lacey didn’t have any inforraveside service Clyde had settled on, and I really didn’t want to ask

Felicia thought so little of Clyde Nunley that his death seemed only incidental to her Detective Lacey, who had actually developed so Clyde alht, a footnote in her grand plan "He started acting like he had a claim on me," she’d said I suspect he tried to blackht of divorcing Anne and ht tell the police exactly who had suggested that he call me to "read" the ce of her character, he would have known he was signing his death warrant

Felicia had slept with other n Tolliver she’d seduced so she could have a good reason to keep tabs on our whereabouts when she needed to have Clyde call me It was only a bonus for her when Anne Nunley turned out to be interested in the accounts of ested raveyard e Felicia had hooked up with Clyde to have a conduit into the course study, so she could be sure ere brought there She didn’t consider having sex with either Clyde or Tolliver to have any bearing on her love for Joel, which was sofrenzy could hardly get enough of the story, right up until the time Diane delivered her son Joel called us to tell us, and we sent a little gift, though eren’t sure Diane would be glad to get it We felt obliged Soh Diane had to find out that it was for love of Joel that her daughter had died Diane was evidently a big-hearted woman who could see that none of this was Joel’s fault

At the trial, Joel steadfastly denied giving Felicia any encourage We had to be there for part of it, and it was as unpleasant as you can iine Of course, the women on the jury loved Joel, and I was pretty sure Felicia would be convicted on all counts The police had come up with some forensic evidence that confirmed some points in the story Felicia had told Tolliver

Rick Goldot a ton of business as a result of his s a mountain out of a molehill, and his reputation as a private eye soared He sent us a letter enclosing a brochure and business card with his website address included

Agent Seth Koenig resigned from the FBI that year and went into private practice He specializes in tracking downchildren He sent us a brochure with a business card attached He doesn’t have a website, yet