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A chorus of "Hi, Madison," sounded Madison waved a hand and said hello in greeting She was trying to act cool and dignified; she looked like a deer caught in the headlights of a an said

"That’s good You shouldn’t stay at your own place now," Kelsey told her

"Yes, definitely, if you were threatened in any way, you need to keep close to us, for the tireed

"Thank you," Madison said

Sean cleared his throat "I forgot to tell you that as well as being a special-effects wizard and a friend to Eddie and Alistair, she’s a great deal like us She speaks with ghosts She actually has a close relationship with one in particular, who spends a lot of tian still looked severe He tended to be mistrustful of others who clai the other side" They were all careful hom they spoke, and careful of what they said Despite ruhost busters" of the FBI

Madison nodded, looking no less mistrustfully at the crowd she’d just met

She finally answered

"Yes, sometimes I can speak with the dead Not always"

"Well, that would be the sa "Soone And even when they stay, sohost who visits you?"

Sean flinched, not sure if the others would doubt the possibility of Bogie, or if they’d be awed and envious

It was the latter

After a few s seemed to settle down They moved into the central area between the two rooie had proven to be quite a help in many ways; here, he was an icebreaker

And questions about hi the murder Madison described the different personalities involved with the studio and Eddie Archer’s life, and Sean put forth his theory that it wasn’t a randoht out--and thought out to hurt Eddie Archer by ravely if they believed there was any possibility that Alistair had committed the murder

Madison said no--even the victian accepted her words without ridicule

Sean infore had lost ti itself had not "Twofrom the clock," he said

"Not a lot of time," Kelsey remarked "And that isn’t when the murder occurred It’s before the murder"

"So what does ityour breath Twoout, two ht be all that’s needed," Sean said

"What do you think, Madison? You know the studio What could you do with two an asked

"Well…the costume was on the mannequin, and I know that Knox believes we’ll find it The evil priest, Amun Mopat--who could wake the dead and make the mummy rise--ca to Alistair So, if so somewhere in the studio, it’s possible that this person--dressed as Amun Mopat--did it And I suppose you’d look more like Amun Mopat if you stole the robe And if you could lose two ht have time to steal the costume you needed… Could the video have been altered? Colin Bailey was out of the security area when he went to the Black Box with Alistair"