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That was not the response she was expecting “Then why are you here?”

“It’s what I can do for you I figured out the cipher”

“You did? It really is a cipher?” The longer it’d taken them to crack the code, the more her doubts had mounted

He sht”

“You did?”

“I couldn’t sleep, so I worked on it”

He hadn’t been able to sleep last night The thought skidded through her mind, but she didn’t have time to dwell on it She had to know about the note “And what did it say?”

“That’s the thing It didn’tto me I hope it makes sense to you”

“Hoill I know if you don’t tell me?”

“It said, ‘Sundial Five Two’”

“That’s it?” It sure wasn’t o on “Do you think it ties in with my mother’s death?”

“The more important question is, do you believe it ties in?”

She gave it soe? And perhaps it would explain her father’s inability to let go of the past But as her e? What was she involved in?

“Annabelle, what are you thinking?”

The concern in Grayson’s voice drew her frohts “I honestly have no idea what to ot more questions than answers”