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At first she denied it

It was the ghost Surely it was no host, and she was there to lead Genevieve to the treasure, sohost

It was real

Like the body on the beach, this one was real

Caught just the other side of a huge field of staghorn coral, this was not a ghost

Not acertainty that it was Audrey

Her heart seemed to scream Her stomach pitched Thor was just feet away fro herself to reach out to hiave a thrust with her flippers and approached the body, desperate to know the worst

Ada lot

Jay was annoyed What the hell ith the guy? There was no reason for him to be so concerned so quickly

Victor had walked Audrey home, undoubtedly made sure she was inside with her door locked before he left

Then again, Audrey still wasn’t opening her door He’d tried her home phone, her cell and her business number, and there had been no response, only her cheerful normal voice on the first two, and her "business" voice on the last, explaining that it was very ie, then make an appoint in?" Adam demanded

He’d promised Nikki he would He had the tools in his car to pick a lock like Audrey’s He could do it easily enough

"Shit," he swore out loud

Adam Harrison just stared at hireat o in? Is she there? Is it life or death?"

"I’m sorry I’m more of a coordinator than a medium," Adam said, totally unruffled Of course he was unruffled, Jay thought This wasn’t his home, his life These weren’t his friends Key West and all that happened here would fade from his memory once he stepped on a plane andin?" Adae worse He paced in a circle, then faced Adauess," he muttered "Stay here"

He left Adam at Audrey’s door and went to his car for his tools He wondered just how discreetly he was going to be able to pick the lock Genevieve had asked him to do this, he reht He didn’t have the right to do what he was about to do

Probable cause…

Yeah, probable cause Please, God, let someone else--like the brass--believe that was true

He felt like a thief himself, as he carefully worked the lock

"If you see anyone coain "Never mind What can they do? Call the cops? I am a cop"

The door opened They both just stood there for a full minute

"Audrey?" Jay called

They stepped in They both stood quietly at the entry for a ," he told Adam

"Of course not," Adanity

Jay walked through the s to indicate there had been a struggle anywhere

Until he picked the lock, he thought ruefully, there hadn’t been any daone out…

Or she had let someone in Who had then…

The bed was neatly ht before or she’d gotten up andout to…to not have breakfast with Adaone to sleep at all

With a sinking heart, Jay walked back to Adam He shook his head "She didn’t sleep here But as you can see, there’s no sign of a disturbance"

"Where do we go froh "Lots of paperwork I can’t get started on Audrey till twenty-four hours have passed At least Marshall has been gone long enough to be considered aaloud "I need soree to a crime-scene unit in here quickly Shit! She opened her door to anyone with an appointain, she must have opened her door to so the city," Adam said quietly as they left

"Yeah, you do that," Jay ister on Genevieve, just as she swam around to see the corpse’s face, that the woman was blond Audrey was a brunette, with a touch of red in her hair, much like herself

Not Audrey Not Audrey!

For a ony of what she was about to witness Then the sad truth and blood-chilling horror set in again

She’d never seen the wo suit Her breasts were bared

Her eyes were open

She stared at Genevieve in lifeless horror

Genevieve blinked, freezing in the subtropic water The wo by the coral because she was attached to it A rope around her ankles had tangled itself in the field of staghorn Her ankles were chafed and bloody She had fought desperately to free herself She hadn’t been killed where she was, Genevieve registered dully The rope had broken off froinally held the woman beneath the water, but too late for her to escape