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He turned, hearing footsteps on the main stairs

"Okay, we’re all ready!" Whitney said

Jackson moved over to the display of screens Whitney had set up in the grand ballroo; another showed the empty hallways and another showed the upstairs hall While Whitney took one of the ca extension cord--and headed toward the hall to reach the kitchen, Jake bounded back up the stairs "I’ll give a call and a wave," he said

Will positioned hiood," Will said "Whitney, wave at me when you’re down in the basement, too, and it’s all set up Let ood, and that you’re fine, too"

"Of course, I’ll be fine," Whitney said

"I’ll go with Whitney," Angela said, "and give her help if she needs any"

She seeht But then, she’d dug a skeleton out of the floor there

"No, you stay I’ll give her a hand That caela, would you watch the screens?"

"Sure," she said slowly, looking at him Will and Jenna remained to watch the screens as well

He carried the ca cord out as close to the wall as she could, lest one of theth of the house and down to the baseht up the vast basement area as Whitney set up, and they waved "We’re here--how’s the angle?" she called out

Jackson looked at her, surprised

She grinned "Mics--right there, see, at the bottoht above the tripod"

"Excellent," he ood!" he heard Will call to hiela said "Hallway, hallway, hallway, hallway, ballroom and now base back," Jackson said

Whitney preceded hiether they walked back to the ballroo the

"I’ll stay up for a while and keep an eye on things," Will said

"And when you tire out, just get me, and I’ll take on a few hours," Jake told hi That’s when I woke up when I orking as a nurse," Jenna told hiht," Will said

"I thought you had tape for ere all sleeping," Jackson said

"Hey, we do," Whitney said, "but if one of us is willing to be up, that’s better"

"Okay, well, if anyone gets too tired, just let the tape roll," Jackson said

"I’et ela told the is what Will and I are supposed to do, so…I guess we’ll figure it out as we go along, right?" she asked Jackson

Jackson s" He was surprised to realize just how h he had just met Jenna and Will And it was odd He hadn’t quite reached his thirty-fifth birthday; Angela was thirty The others were in their ela were still the "seniors" And the "kids," as they had called the order already "Good job, kids," he said "Angela, I think that hed "Hey, it works for me"

He reached for her hand She took it "Okay, then, we’re leaving the whole thing in your hands, kids Is everyone’s door to the balcony locked?" he asked

He was answered with a sea of nods

"Okay, I’o up and make sure that ours are locked as well We’ll see you toela headed up the stairs, down the halls and to their respective roo to be co in there?" he asked her

"I need to be sleeping in here," she told hiht"

His roohtest noise And he was still loath to leave her there

He would have to

"Good night--and I’m fine," she assured him

"Make sure your door to the balcony is closed," he reht next door if you need lad," she told hiesture, though it was smooth and fluid

"Thanks," she said huskily

Then she walked into her room She didn’t close the hallway door

Jackson went into his rooed the house on the table next to his bed