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"Stop, go back," Jackson said

"Sir?" Smith said

"Go back--there were two officers in that car, and they didn’t look right," Jackson said

Even Jake, next to him in the backseat of the car, looked at hio back, please"

"They’re probably just on break"

"Please," Jackson said firh, Smith did as he was asked He parked the police car and Jackson hopped out He walked toward the car

Both occupants were slumped over

Dead

The driver was a police officer

The passenger was not

Angela ith her head pounding For a moment, she was lost--completely lost Disoriented, and in pain

Then she reina Holloway’s bedroo burns on her flesh told her that she’d been dragged there

So her foot Whitney’s body, she realized

"It’s ti down at her, a gun in his hand "Ghost busters, busted! Cool The legend of this house is going to grow and grow"

She stared at hile behind hihosts will get you," Lisa said

He laughed again "I’ve got the gun Ghosts don’t get guns, I don’t think"

"You’d be surprised at hoerful they can be," Angela said

"Make her shut up, Grable," Lisa said

He ignored Lisa

Angela shook her head "The senator is an aes the projector put out But he ordered the projector," she said

"Right Well, Lisa ordered the projector But, yes, the sainted Senator Holloway knew He wanted his wife to think that she was ht that she would die happily that way He never saw the ies we created," Grable said

"Everyone in this was a liar," Angela said "And you should know this--I think the senator actually brought us in, knoould finally co rid of DuPre and all of you, through us"

"Oh, no," Grable said "You don’t understand politics The senator will come out of all this just fine--after you’re dead, of course And we’ll be just fine as well"

"Shut up, she doesn’t need to know any of this!" Lisa said "Everything will fall on Martin DuPre, and they’ll think street thugs got hold of Blake and that cop And everything went just perfectly, so let’s just finish it"

"The senator will get you--just as he got DuPre," Angela said

"We knoe’re doing," Lisa insisted "Oh, yes, we’ll be just fine"

"No, you won’t Don’t you see--the senator really has to clean house And speaking of which, that leads to one ela said to Lisa "Which one are you really trying to be with?"

"Obviously, I’ust She didn’t see as she was the one doing the talking "And once you’re dead, taken by the ghosts, it will be clean and clear Martin DuPre went insane He was responsible for everything And Blake is dead now, too So we’ve survived, horrified and grieving"

"Why are you back here to kill us? That ela said