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He’d prayed she was locked up with thes out in front of you Let’s see how big this shed is"

Quinlan could just barely touch Thomas’s toe

"Now lean to one side and then the other"

Quinlan got a pinch of Corey’s blouse

No Sally

"Sally isn’t in here with us," Quinlan said "Where’d they take her?" Oh, Jesus, why had he asked that question aloud? He didn’t want to hear what Thomas had to say

Thomas said, "Good question Why would they bother to separate us anyway?"

"Because," Quinlan said slowly, "Sally’s Aunt Amabel is a part of this Maybe she has Sally Maybe she’ll protect her"

Thohed To Quinlan’s surprise, he said, "Let’s pray you’re right Damn, my head feels like a drum in a rock band"

"Mine too," Corey said "But I can still think Now, Quinlan, you think the whole town is part of a conspiracy? You think the whole bloody town has killed at least sixty people in the past three to four years? For their money? And then they buried all of them in their cemetery?"

"It shows respect," Quinlan said "Can’t you just see all those old folk, stroking their chins as they look down at an old couple they’ve just offed, saying, ‘Well, Ralph Keaton can lay ’em out, then we’ll bury ’eht words’ Yeah, Corey, the whole bloody town What other possibility is there?"

"This is nuts," Tho people? No one would believe that in a million years, particularly since most of them are senior citizens"

"I believe it," Quinlan said "Oh, yeah, I believe it I’ll just bet it started with an accident They got ave them--or maybe just one of them or a couple of therew"

Corey said slowly, "The way they lure victiht," Quinlan said "The World’s Greatest Ice Cream Shop By the way, it is the best ice cream I’ve ever eaten"

He had to o nuts Where was Sally? Could A her? He had to doubt it