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He just grinned at her, as pleased as the Cheshire cat

"Alfie, the FBI keeps a lot of things silent," she said "Personal…relationships are irrelevant I don’t knohat’s going on, and you keep easing up on the rubber and the fabric Hold it tight, will you?"

"Sure" He was quiet for a few minutes "Can we eat soon? Maybe send out for pizza?"

"Yes, Alfie, we can eat soon"

By the time he returned to the cemetery, the body of Helena LaRoux had been reue The cri up No one currently with the studio was still at the site After Kelsey had driven Madison to the hotel to change and then to work, Logan had sent her over to the hospital to stay with Eddie and Alistair Logan hione back to the ce to thewatch

The cemetery director was beside himself; he’d known about the crypts, but there hadn’t been a burial or entombment there for fifty years They hadn’t sealed off access because the supporting structure ht need to be repaired or reinforced at sothened since the chapel was built The rounds but across the street Police regularly patrolled the cemetery, which was closed to the public at dusk They’d had a few instances of vandalis where they were, they didn’t even get a lot of kids breaking in to play pranks, and they’d never had a case of grave-robbing

Since the young ceo back to work--or ho the cri their last sweeps and bearing bags of dirt, twigs, possible footprints, fibers--ht lead to the truth

As they watched, Logan asked, "She didn’t speak to you, did she? Helena LaRoux, Ihere with us?"

Sean shook his head "Nothing Doesn’t an shrugged "Soue later," Sean said "I really want to go into those tunnels, though I’ the opportunity soon," Logan said as the lead investigator eht, Sean moved forward Knox stood just outside the church "I’ll keep two men on duty out here," he said He offered Sean a radio "I don’t think any corpses are going to rise up and attack you, but hell, these days… This radio should work anywhere in the region of the tunnels, the cemetery, the studio"

Sean accepted it "Thanks, Detective"

"You want to get in there before they bring in the engineers, right?"

"Yeah," Sean said "Are you okay with that?"

"Well, you’ve shaken the tree, that’s for sure," Knox said "And LaRoux’s note proves the kid wasn’t guilty--or crazy I say go for it But if any of those crypts cave in, it’ll be on your head, not riain, hurried to the rear and down to the tunnels

They took the stairs, pausing to study the false crypts that connected with the area where Helena had been found

"I’ll lead I’ accustoan

"Bethat our killer entered the cinema from down here and exited the saoes toward the Black Box," Sean said thoughtfully

"There’s only one path"

"I don’t think so, but let’s follow this route for a while And keep an eye on the walls I think we’ll discover other false fronts--walls of tomb ‘shelves’ that are really doors to other corridors This was a , or so I understand, was providing services for the poor and for illegal aliens From what I’ve heard, the old pastor really cared about people I’ave the family members a lot of solace"

They’d traveled carefully for almost an hour when Sean was startled by a voice on the radio "It’s Knox Oliver Marshall is on his way to the station Do you wantin?"

"One of us needs to go," Sean said

"And no one should be alone down here It’s far scarier than any house of horrors ever devised by a rinned wryly "That’s what the Claymores were--masters of illusion"