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"No"

"Why? Why won’t you trust me?"

I opened my mouth to explain that no one could know, I couldn’t run the risk of anyone leaking the inforet it," he said "You’re being sive it to me I can have my usted sound "My god I know, I know You can’t trust anything Well, you’re hed "My ht now They can’t catch you, and they’ve been trying Half the city is a ghost town because they’re out there, wondering which place you’re going to hit next"

"Do you knohere they’re holding Andrea?"

He didn’t answer, and that was my answer in itself

"Carter, I’ "

"If it’s any consolation, they’re not sure if it’s you or if it’s us You haven’t left anyone alive to spread the word that the Cold Killer’s back" He grinned

I did not

He sighed again "Okay, yeah I get it I’ll make some moves onevery night If we found one of theirheld I’m sure of it"

"You said she’s alive How do you know?"

He barked out a short, harsh laugh "Because they’re trying to ransom her to us A new picture of her co to find out who’s delivering the pictures, but they coet them in their mailboxes One was delivered to one of the kids in his backpack His teacher found it and went into hysterics We bought her silence They haven’t de to scare you off through us"

"Is she intact?"

"Yeah She’s thin It looks like they’re beating her, but she’s got all her parts"