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Kelsey sat back "I think I care too much," she said

"If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be who you are, and you wouldn’t be so good at what you do"

She looked at him and smiled slowly "Thank you I just feel bad that I betrayed a friend"

"Kelsey, I’m sorry, but murder takes precedence, and Sandy will have to realize that Besides, it didn’t appear that we harree with that

When they reached his house, he suggested she ht need food, but she said she wasn’t interested He poured her a glass of wine, and she drank it, and afterward, she walked into the bedroom He left her alone until his own sense of exhaustion took hold He went in as quietly as he could, doffed his clothes and slid into his side of the bed A few ainst hiht ood about life, and he was glad to sleep with her through the night Maybe they were both too tired to drea her, stroking her hair--and then his alar that it was seven-thirty

He rose and showered and dressed, while Kelsey was still deeply asleep He sat by her and tousled her hair, trying to wake her gently He orried; he hadn’t thought she’d be quite so upset by yesterday’s events Her guilt about Sandy, in particular, seeotten over it--or at least forgiven herself

She opened her eyes and groaned "This was supposed to be vacation ti the job," she said She closed her eyes again and opened just one "You didn’t happen to et any until you’ve had your shower," he told her

That brought her to her feet, pushing hi for the bathroom He returned to the kitchen; she was soon there, neatly and professional dressed in one of her dark pantsuits

"Where are we going? The office?" she asked

He nodded "We’ll keep getting information Ned Bixby confessed to all theI don’t think he murdered his wife--that’s in his mind He believes it’s his fault she’s dead and he wants to be punished"

Kelsey got creaht you agreed the drowning victim--Cynthia Bixby--was the victim of a different killer"

"When we learned who she was and what her e had been like, I wanted to believe we’d found the killer But e sat with Bixby… Kelsey, he cried so hard over the pictures of his wife I just don’t know"

"You don’t think he killed her in a fit of passion and anger? Or that an shook his head "I just don’t feel it," he said

Kelsey hesitated, running her fingers over the rihorn yesterday because I’d talked to various people who helped us get IDs on two of the dead woht they had psychic powers Whether they did or not, we’ll never truly know But I think you’re right about the dia the wo them pliable--just as in a date-rape situation But he doesn’t want to rape anyone He wants to find soley and have her reveal where the Galveston diaan studied her "You asked Rose’s spirit, I take it?"

She nodded "I wonder so ht one on, because what I saw in visions or drea But yesterday, she was there And what’s…nice, I suppose, is that Rose and Sierra know each other And ether because of the diamond Or…who knohy Rose is still here? Whether he really died fighting for Texas or not, Matt Meyers is certainly long gone"

"But Sierra’s killer isn’t--and men are apparently still prepared to kill for a diamond"

"We’re back to square one," Kelsey said

"No, we’re not Noe can safely assume that Sierra was a victihost or spirit or residing soul, she can’t tell us anything because shecocktail keeps the wo But it does help to know that Sierra obviouslyharder and closer at the people ere involved with the Longhorn at the time she died Okay, not the old owner since he was never around and he’s dead, anyway"