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"She didn’t fall--she was pushed," Jackson said

"How do you know that? The coroner’s office did rule it a suicide"

"Your staff is involved with the places that you most fear, Senator How much you knew and didn’t know re entirely honest with irls involved with the Church of Christ Arisen"

"That has nothing to do with Regina," the senator protested "I don’t knohat you expect me to say I’m not responsible for ree--ill find out"

"No The police ruled it a suicide, but there are ghosts in that house Regina fell frohosts caused her death The police--"

"The police rong," Jackson told hiood for you, Senator Your aide got very involved in the Church of Christ Arisen, and your secretary, bodyguard and chauffeur are all involved with the Aryans Frankly, no one surrounding you is legitiuard--and chauffeur?" he asked blankly

"Martin DuPre iirls at the church Lisa Drummond and Grable Haines are in pictures fro the other night," Jake provided "I know because I was there," he said

"Conroy--I did send Conroy," the senator said "But…Lisa? And Grable?"

"Where are they all now, Senator? Why are you alone? Isn’t a bodyguard supposed to protect you on the streets?" Jackson asked

"I haven’t wanted people around me," Holloway said

"You need to clean house," Jackson told his out in asoon as well And when the police go into the Church of Christ Arisen, I can promise you that Martin DuPre ind up on the cover ofwith stories about corruption in politics"

Holloway nodded jerkily "I’ll take care of it"

"Not for a while," Jackson said "What would you like? I’ll get you so to sit here awhile"

"Why?"

"Because we’re going to wait for the police results," Jackson said

The senator shook his head "Look, don’t you get it yet, Jackson? I sent Conroy to the Aryans, and I sent DuPre to the Church of Christ Arisen I was trying to find out if they were related in any way, because they were the groups so against ht I still need the proof But I believe that the Church of Christ Arisen was an offshoot of the Aryans A sect, if you will If I didn’t get people involved, I’d never knoas really happening You’ve got to understand--if they started buying into the doctrine, I didn’t know it I swear I didn’t know it"

Angela helped clean up after dinner, but she was bored and restless She sat in front of the screens with Will and Whitney for a while, and kept an eye on the screen that noed the shotgun house fro happened at all

Eventually, she yawned She wondered if the police had stormed the Church of Christ Arisen yet, and if so, if they had found anything

"I’ to wait until we hear back?" Whitney asked her

"I have et me," she said

Upstairs, she showered in her own room, both fearful and hopeful that she would see a face in the mirror But she didn’t She went into Jackson’s room instead and stretched out on the bed there For a while, her thoughts were torn betanting hi and turning with the questions that continued to plague the answers--justsoundly Then, it seemed that she ide-awake, and she wondered why Jackson hadn’t returned

She realized that she had the sensation of being watched

Carefully opening her eyes, she looked to the doorway that separated the rooina Holloway had chosen

And there they were

The children, and between Percy and Annabelle, the woht have been Susanne Crih she hadn’t died anywhere near the era the children had perished, it seemed that their souls transcended tiether here now, no matter how many years apart their deaths had been

The wo her to cohting a feeling of terror But then she et up and she walked to the specters ere beckoning to her Susanne turned, holding little Annabelle’s hand, and Percy reached out for Angela "Where are we going?" she whispered to hiether, and then up the stairs to the attic Angela floundered for lights by the side of the wall, and the naked bulb sprang to life, casting light and shadow over the vast expanse of the roohost raised her arela couldn’t really see what she was trying to show her Angela spun around She saw a dressmaker’s ht at first that none of it had been touched in ages--other than the fact that she could see that the dormer s had been wired for the alarht over the piles of the past, she found the place unnerving