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"What’s been written about us being in the house?" Jackson asked

"Oh, just that the senator has brought in a teaators People believe that he’s so heartbroken, he had to do so to try to prove that his wife didn’t commit suicide"

"Did you know her?" Jackson asked

"No But, I’ve seen her She was really loved here--just like the senator Hey, he’s like a breath of fresh air Especially in Louisiana" Jake’s wry grin deepened "The people loved Huey Long because he shook things up and worked for every one despite his carousing Senator Holloway, he’s loved the sa-money problems, and he wants to create work for everyone And he was an honest-to-God faence beneath the laid-back exterior of the reater asset than Jackson had iht

"Politicians, in one way, seem perfectly understandable, but then it’s always hard to tell what is lurking in theirmasks," Jackson said

"True, but I do kno Orleans, and a lot of the players here," Jake offered

Conversation paused Jackson had the curious feeling that they were being watched, and he turned to see why

Angela Hawkins looked down at theain that she was an exceptionally beautiful wo, really, to have been a cop Despite last night, she retained a reserve that was no less daunting than a suit of arh beneath it all, he sensed her capable of a s her personality was an intriguing and appealing concept

"Hi, there!" Jake called to her

"Angela, Jake, Jake, Angela"

"So, how did you sleep? Any ghosts prowling the halls?" Jake asked Heht," she told hiela returned it They seemed to have an instant, easy rapport He was surprised to find hiet Jake up to speed on what I know about the house," Angela offered

"Sure" H was ridiculous; they were peers He knew better than to feel a o-driven need to be the divine leader, most respected andabout his last tea Eachto work like a well-oiled ether five years This was a new teas of pain for his last coworkers, he had to ive each member of this new teaain, as sain "That will be great"

He alh at himself as he headed back to the kitchen, to finish the notes he had beenafter his conversation with Andy Devereaux, and after they had discovered the bones of Madden C Newton’s probable first New Orleans victi to understand the way the huainst it when you were the human in question

"I play a lot on Frenched a lot since our season of stored, and it’s kind of like a reat, but tons of the tourisood ti Easy So, now, you don’t hear all the different stuff you used to hear--well, not as much The bars on Bourbonfast stuff Of course, everything is a contradiction Next thing you know, the best sax player known toat one of the tourist places!"

"It’s always been a city of contradictions," Angela assured hia brow as she led them at last to the entertainment slash family room He sat at the end of the sofa and she perched at the other, winding her legs beneath her as she faced hiinia, but I absolutely love New Orleans, so it does feel just a little bit like coruesome reason"

"So, tell me, Miss Hawkins, what do you do?" he asked

She hesitated "I guess I’ht?"

He nodded, shrugging "I guess I have a certain sense for…finding people" He lowered his voice, looking toward the door

"Do you?" she asked "How do you mean?"

He hesitated a minute, then said, "Friends of mine almost went insane Their five-year-old was kidnapped, and two boys had been kidnapped right before One’s body had been found I had a drea me down into an area of bayou near Slidell I found the body of the second And it was a, because when I found it, I also found the old swa rateful, but the experience shookthings, seeing events and people--it isn’t always good Some people turn away from you; they think that you’re out to hurt them, or they want to put soht be soain "I think I lost a best friend that way" He laughed softly "Actually, the love of my life But…well, if you have experiences liketo use whatever talent you have, gift or curse, to do what you can to help stop some of the depravity and evil in the world New Orleans is my home, so my talents cahosts come in dreams," she said

"So to the door as well "I get feelings that seeet the drea whentoward the light, along with a lot of other people The therapist orked with me afterward told me that I sahat I needed to see in order to be able to bear the grief"