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She took several deep, gasping breaths And she willed the sickness to pass Slowly, the tre left her body The dizziness faded And the darkness vanished

She crept slowly down the reet her pills

A phone sat on a table at the base of the stairs She picked up the receiver and dialed information

«Yes, hello What city? Um, Tyler, North Carolina Yes, I need the number for a cab company What? Thanks»

Savannah disconnected the call and quickly punched the nu

«Mel's Cabs»

«Yes, I need for a cab to colanced around the shadowed foyer “As soon as possible»

«Where are you, Ma'am?»

Savannah rattled off William's address

A soft whistle blew over the line “Up on the et anyone up there»

Savannah's lips tightened “Fine Just tell your driver to hurry, okay?” The sooner she got back to her hotel room, the better it would be for her

«Will do, Ma'alanced around, wondering how she could possibly occupy her tio back to her rooht send her stuht stood open, and a soft light shone from within It was the saht she'd met William She crept slowly toward the rooht came from a small lamp in the corner She walked toward the lamp And she saw the diary Henry's diary It rested on the table closest to the lahtly over the engraved crest She traced the shield, and the detailed design of a hawk that lined its surface This diary had led her to Williahed What was she to do about Williaht of her brother and the screams that still echoed in her o unpunished?

Still holding the diary, she sat down in one of the high-backed chairs in the corner Her fingers continued to trace the crest

What should she do?

Two hours later, she was back at the Traveler's Inn

The hotel room looked exactly as she'd left it She locked the door behind her and hurried toward the nightstand drawer She pulled open the drawer and grabbed her pills She so quickly, not even taking the tilass of water

She stared down at the bottle, hating it, hating her reliance on the wretched pills She couldn't even go for a single day without the? To be free of the pain? Free of the terrible need for those little white pills?

Williaers clenched around the pill bottle

A loud knock sounded at her door She jerked around The knock sounded again Her door shook slightly

She carefully replaced the pills and walked slowly toward the door She leaned forward, peering through the peephole