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But the unsteady rhyth to do with Rafe "Are you guys sure about this?" Violet worried, gnawing her lip
Rafe shrugged her hand away "If you don’t want to go in, then you should wait in the car If you stand out here soht notice" He sounded irritable as he dropped the key back into his pocket and reached for the handle But when the tuirls triu inside and leaving the door open behind hi hied at Violet before she trailed after Rafe, leaving Violet tointo the open doorway
She poked her head inside as she gripped the doorja to let her toes cross the threshold as she watched Krystal and Rafe stroll boldly into the living room
The interior of the house was s for Violet to watch Rafe, who looked as if he’d been there before, as if he knehat he was doingwhat he was searching for He stroked his hand across the back of the couch--a couch on which Antonia Cornett had sat, not so long ago He stopped every so often, picking up ite them But they weren’t the items h her mail or pick up photos and knickknacks she’d collected, the sentis: a jacket, his fingers brushing over the wool; a stack of h absently; a laptop, powered do, but he paused there, settling his palm over the keys
Krystal, on the other hand, dropped onto one of the chairs and closed her eyes, al Violet studied her for a iness of her bold clothing andelse about Krystal, a prettiness that was alo streaks--Krystal’s color of the week--that shot through her glea black hair Her hair framed skin that was such a pale shade of olive that Violet wondered if only one of her parents was Asian Her dark eyes were both exotic and expressive, and her full lips were al
Even now, deep in concentration, they curved upward
Violet wondered if she was listening for so for the spirits to speak to her
Rafe ht, and Violet leaned farther through the doorway, not wanting toto wait outside while Rafe was in there discovering the girl’s secrets, ht help thenificant step inside, and was surprised when she felt no different standing inside the doorway than she had when she’d been outside it Except that now she wasthe law
And there was a part of her, , as adrenaline coursed through her
She pulled the door closed behind her, deciding that she ht as well not draw any added attention to what they were doing She walkedto disturb her trance, or whatever it was Following the path Rafe had, Violet let her fingers brush over the things he’d touched
When she’d read about psycho carries energy vibrations and that those who are sensitive to theies Some of those people kno to interpret what they sense Violet stopped at the laptop and settled her hand in the exact sa Just cold, still co you’d last" Violet ju to stand guard out there the whole ti at her fro room from the kitchen He shoved his black hair to the side before he went back to digging through one of the drawers Violet heard the tinny clattering of silverware
"I should’ve just called 9-1-1 and turned you in myself," she retorted as she turned in a co in the house around her "So?" she asked, pivoting back to face hionna check out the rest of the house I don’t want toimportant"
Violet moved absently toward his voicetoward hih the curtained s in the living roohts on Better, since they didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that they were in here
She followed Rafe into the short hallway, leaving Krystal behind He slowed as he approached a door, and Violet stepped closer, leaning forward until she was practically pressed against his back, as she tried to see past him to the room beyond
Inside was a bedroom The bed was un haphazardly onto the floor Clothes dangled from open dresser drawers There was a fra on the wall above the bed It was a fa Violet had seen in frame shops and print stores dozens of times before
Rafe didn’t stop
"Don’t you want to look in there?"
"It’s not her roo Violet to wonder once more about his ability How could he possibly know for sure?