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Finally, people began to leave She was glad to see that it hadn’t taken long for everyone to get back into the spirit of a nor had been discovered that could allow the state to disainst Alistair, it would still be weeks--perhaps an In the ood It kept everyone sane

She stayed behind, pretending to finish stitching in the pads for Oliver’s costuht and trailed out She knew that Logan Raintree was near the door that led out of the work area--almost like a farewell committee of one

But by six-thirty, everyone had left the building except for Mike Greenwood, Andy Sients and Colin Bailey, who’d replaced Winston Nash Even Helena had gone; she’d gotten her moment with Eddie, shown that she supported him and the studio, and taken her hand-pup ho Helena treated hients didn’t like to speak about their investigations with anyone else present, and she decided she wasn’t going to report what she’d learned about Oliver Marshall until they were alone again--wherever and whenever that hed as they stood in the reception area together It seemed crowded since everyone who remained was there

"What now?" Eddie asked

"Go hoave a weary nod

Mike set a hand on his shoulder "It was a good day, Eddie Not a single employee refused to come in They started off nervous and chatty, and ended up tired and ready towent as per usual We’re going to get through this"

Andy clasped Eddie in a hug for a minute and patted hioing to get through this fine"

At last, they all walked out together, except for Bailey Everyone said good-night and headed to their separate cars

"Sean, what did you find?" Madison asked anxiously once she was in the passenger seat of the borrowed Prius Logan and the rest of the creere in the SUV they’d rented at the airport, but Madison was sure they’d be connecting soon "Are we going back to the hotel?"

He looked at her, arching a brow as he put the key in the ignition "I was planning to go straight to your house to take care of Ichabod"

"Oh!" she gasped, stricken "Ichabod!"

He sie there--with Jenny Henderson He wants to make her co to lanced over at her "We found a robe A robe that’s an exact copy of the one worn by the Egyptian priest"

"In the tunnel?"

He nodded "It was stuffed in a broken crypt It’s with the forensic experts at the police station now There’ll be officers on duty in the baseht, just to make sure no one messes with the tunnel Officers will also be posted at the entrance to the Black Box and the studio itself"

"Does that o?"

"I doubt it’ll happen that fast Alistair’s lawyer has to petition the state and get the state’s attorney to drop the charges Before he does that, we need ht have done it, but finding the robe doesn’t exonerate him with one hundred percent certainty"

"So what now?"

"We feed Ichabod, get Bogie and Jenny and meet back at the suite"

They did, in that order As Sean had assuie had taken Jenny to Madison’s place, where Jenny was learning the fine art of watching I Love Lucy reruns But when Sean explained what had been happening, Bogie was happy to co to help

"I wasn’t there--and my memory isn’t much better dead than it hen I was alive--but I’ll do ents, Madison and the spirits sat around the suite’s table "What do you want to know?"

"You believe the accidental death that occurred on that set in 1942 wasn’t an accident, that it was an

"Yeah, but I don’t have any evidence," Bogie said "It just didn’t seeht to me when I heard about it I wasn’t there, reht and felt at the time The head electrician was a rips were two felloorked on lots of films Donnie Riley and Kevin Baker I was stunned that anyone could’ve been electrocuted on their watch There was an investigation, of course, but it turned out there was a freak power surge--or that’s what the police and the insurance company came back with"

"Sounds reasonable," Kelsey said