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"Not if they weren’t looking for it And if they were really convinced her death was accidental, like this last one, they wouldn’t have even looked"

I chew my lower lip "Nobody’s moved into Elizabeth’s space Her rooo take a look at it"

Cooper looks dubious

"I will ad the way she did, Heather," he says "Especially in light of the condo--"

"You implied it first," I re to hurt?"

"Even if we did, it’s been a week since she died," he points out "I doubt we’re going to find anything"

"We won’t know unless we try," I say, starting for the door "Co that these girls didn’t cause their own deaths so important to you?" he demands

I blink at him "What?"

"You heard irls’ deaths weren’t accidental?"

I can’t tell him, of course Because I don’t want to sound like what Sarah would be bound to brand me if she knew--a psychopath Which is how I knoould sound, if I told hi--to Fischer Hall itself--to figure out what’s really going on in it Because Fischer Hall has--like Cooper--saved my life, in a way

Well, okay, all they’ve savedfor the rest of h? I know it doesn’tmy affection for my parents or my ex onto a pile of bricks built in 1850--but I really do feel that I have a responsibility to prove what’s happening isn’t Fischer Hall’s fault--the staff, for not noticing these girls were on a doard spiral, or whatever--or the girls, who see itself, for not being hoh, or whatever The school newspaper had already run one "in-depth" report on the dangers of elevator surfing Who knohat it was going to print tomorrow?

See I said it’s stupid

Still, it’s how I feel

But I can’t explain it to Cooper I know there’s no point in irls don’t elevator surf" is all I can co to walk out, the way Detective Canavan did, without another word, furious at h and say, "Fine I guess we’ve got another room to check"

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