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She was out of bed, even as he left, closing the door behind him She quickly slipped into jeans and a T-shirt and scrambled for her sneakers As she pulled theain The twenty-first-century woman, Susanne Crimshaw, and the nineteenth-century children, Percy and Annabelle

"I can’t co Wethe answers"

Susanne shook her head Percy broke free and walked to her He shook his head "No, no, it’s in the wall It’s in the wall" They were not ihosts in the house, and they were trying to help her

"What’s in the wall?" she asked hi at the end of the rooinal kitchen structure that had been added to theat the wall, at the way the panels joined

On the outside, it would look as if the house were now one big horseshoe On the outside, it all blended together perfectly But now, she wasn’t sure if the space in the rooe as the space as viewed from outside There had to be soain "You ht have told me before"

The little boy shook his head "I tried to warn the lady But she didn’t see ela ju There was space, she decided Space between this roos had been joined, they hadn’t been flush The architect who had drawn the plans for the renovation had cleverly hid the gap between the two buildings, but it was there

Behind the wall

She quickly wondered if whoever had designed to kill Regina Holloway had coap in there Outside walls were flush, but the gap didn’t allow for ht have been widened

But they hadn’t been

She started to press on the paneling Nothing happened She wondered if she was being absolutely ridiculous, listening to a ghost while so downstairs

"Thank you, Percy," she said, and told hi downstairs I have toto her hand "You seethat this room wasn’t on the far side of the ell "Will?" she called

"Angela?" His voice ca next door?"

"I don’t know yet Jake and Jackson are walking the periht now"

"Please," Percy said She looked down It was a--she could see the little boy She could feel the warmth where his spectral hand touched hers "I’m so afraid for you," he told her

"Then help h the wall," he said "They use the wall"

Jackson and Jake scaled the brick wall that separated the properties, landing silently on the earth on the side of the brick barrier Jacksonaround the front while Jackson came around the back of the house next door

The shadoere so dense that night Hethe foliage and brush that grew along the wall and was thick and heavy around an old, moss-dripped tree in the far corner

When he reached the back door, he saw that it was open Not ajar, just not tightly closed It hadn’t been jin of forced entry

Inside, he could hear voices

He waited, speaking softly into the tiny wired"Someone is in the house, there are voices No forced entry I’ot you, the line is clear," Will assured him

A moment later, Jake caun, indicating the door Jake pushed it inward

They entered by the rear door, and heard voices froh the house Jackson ht as they followed the shotgun hallway

They crept along, holding back when they reached the front parlor Froun on the senator

"You sent me in!" he accused David Holloway "You sent me in, and I did what you told me to do I infiltrated I became part of them It’s what you told et me money The cops are after me!"

"I sent you in to find out just what those people were really doing I needed inforet theenda, and that I couldn’t have my name involved with any of it You beca for yourself, to have a good tiirls off the streets"