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Bogie was right behind her "Push an alar a fellow up by his toes if he co probleie sounded frustrated

"You were smart to set off the alarm," Sean said

"I knew that would wake Madison She was sleeping so deeply, she didn’t feelto shake her"

"The alar dead," Bogie said woefully, "ie, what did you see?" Sean asked

He pointed Across the street, there were two houses, old bungalows, much like the one Madison lived in

Between them was an old house aln planted just to the side of the front walk explained its slightly shabby and overgrown appearance

"You knohat it’s like when you feel hackles rising along your neck? All right, so I don’t really have a neck," Bogie said, "but I still feel like I do I caught a glimpse of movement behind those bushes, and then I saw that whoever was there earing soear--all black The kind of black outfit puppeteers use so they’re not seen onstage I knew that this person atching the house Madison had fallen asleep, and if the intruder had gotten far enough to break in--well, hell, it could have been too late I figured if I o off, she’d be awake and aware, at least, and ie Thank you," Sean said

Bogie wagged a finger at hi to Madison "You have a flashlight?"

"Yes" She headed to her oing to do?"

"Just take a look I’ll be right back Lock the door when I go out"

He heard her do so as he left the house and walked from her yard He crossed the street, quiet and still at that ti out on the road, he studied the bushes, then carefully moved around behind them

He found a broken branch on one of the bushes and i that could help a forensics teaht on the house, but anyone who’d broken in was long gone now He considered calling the police, but he was sure that would be a waste of tiht know, so that could point an accusing finger in the right direction?

Perhaps one of LA’s lost and ho entry to a place that could offer some shelter He made a mental note to ask Knox to see that the empty house was checked, just in case He doubted they’d find anything left behind by such an obviously clever and resourceful killer

He returned to Madison’s and knocked on the door, waiting while she looked through the peephole Then she let hi useful We’ll have the cops do a search when it’s daylight Can you pack up?"

"Pack up?" she repeated

"You can’t stay here"

"I can’t leave Ichabod!"

"You can leave a cat overnight We have to figure out how to keep you out of danger until this is over" Sean stared at her at aextremely stubborn

"Can’t we just call the police, have an officer patrol the area?"

"Madison! Didn’t you see the blood in the tunnel--not to rily

"But…" She paled She kneas right, and she was furious about it

"This is my hooing to risk her life

She’d seen Jenny lying on the cold steel at the ue

"It will re it forever"

"No, no, I’?"

"My hotel"

She seeood idea I est that," Sean snapped "We have a suite of rooms"

She colored; she went fromhis words seehter still