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"Maybe in a bit"

Murphy was behaving hi to entice hi about with a tray of filled glasses, finally noticed hian You look like you need a cool one"

"Thanks, but I’ for Kelsey"

"She’s in her room"

He started to leave, then hesitated "Where’s Corey Si out here around this ti to pass out," Ricky said "I convinced hian dashed up the stairs As he reached the gallery, his heart quickened when he heard a sharp cry from the area of Kelsey’s room

Room 207

And Corey Simmons was up here, too

He ran the rest of the way to her room and tried the door It was locked He stepped back to slaainst it to break in As he did, Kelsey opened the door She was covered hite dust, but she stepped back quickly, letting him in

He looked around the room Plaster dust was everywhere; part of the wall had been torn out

Logan turned back to Kelsey She gave him a wistful smile of both triumph and sadness "I’ve found Sierra Monte," she said quietly, and pointed to the gaping hole in the wall

Chapter Fourteen

Kelsey took Logan over to the wall she’d begun to dis the wall apart hadn’t been easy

Using only her pocketknife, she’d syste She’d done her best to keep the da that this was her friend’s place of business, and yet she’d been absolutely convinced the woan closed the door and locked it

"Did you just cry out?" he asked

"Yes, I didn’t ainst the door, giving her a chance to explain

"I know it looks crazy, but the logic is really simple Think about it The blood had been all over the room, nowhere else Sierra Monte was definitely killed here, but the tea the case believed the body had been taken elsewhere because she wasn’t here The inn was being renovated at the time Most of the rooms had just been redone, so no one would notice this particular section of wall…And while Sandy would’ve repainted, there was no reason for her to dig into walls that had recently been repaired when she had so ical," Kelsey insisted

He atching her, his expression skeptical

She sighed "Okay, screw logic The shadow on the filan I saw the in this corner"

Logan walked toward her, still silent He came to stand directly in front of her, and then he reached down, planting an enormous kiss on her lips

"You’re brilliant!" he told her

She sot a disaster going here, but I didn’t want to make too much noise and I didn’t want to ask Sandy’s perh I’m not sure of ht now--but this is a an pulled out his phone "I’ Jackson He’ll do this fro in Kat and he’ll let h God knoe never see from the bodies Still, there’s always that one tiet a hair or a fiber or so Maybe even DNA that matches DNA in the system"

As he spoke to Jackson Crow, he inspected the wall she’d dug out, using nothing but that sh drywall and lathe, slowly and methodically It had been worth it

Within twenty minutes, Jackson Crow had arrived with Kat Sokolov He inspected Kelsey’s finding, as well, and stood silently for a fewthe situation "We need crime-scene people here," he said flatly

"I need her out of the wall," Kat told them

"But Ted Murphy is down there, not to ," Kelsey said

"Murphy is going to be a sensationalist no e that Kelsey, do you want to tell Sandy what you found? We don’t have to clear the bar--there’s no point But we have to have our people in here We can rope off the upstairs, and only overnight guests can have access to the gallery"

"What do we tell the custoan said wearily, wiping plaster dust froet a spokesperson on it Other than that, they can guess all they want"

Kelsey walked over to the door

"Kelsey" Logan stopped her

He sent her a wry grin "If you go downstairs looking like that, people are going to think you’re the ghost of Room 207"