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There was no indication that anyone had tried to breaklocks, although he could well iht have taken to do so

When he’d coround as best he could in the dark, with only his flashlight to provide illuh the trees and led to Willis House, but there was no sign that soht not have meant much in any case, since there was national parkland that wove in and out around theovern it

At last, he stopped and turned to look at her

"I’ now"

"That’s okay," Olivia said "Thank you for cohtly

She turned and walked back to the house He followed her thoughtfully

"We’ll have coffee," she said Then she stopped and looked back at hi to o back to sleep But, of course, you ht want to Anyway, Sammy and I are fine now Really"

He could tell that she wasn’t fine; she was afraid But she was going to try hard not to show it

"Coffee would be great, and you’re right It’sback to bed"

She unlocked the door and walked inside, flipping on lights She paused for a

"He isn’t here, is he?" Dustin asked

"Marcus, youback To watch over h I suppose he could warn you if there’s trouble--I’ht call The pun’s accidental, but it’s still true"

"You’re better than 9-1-1?"

"You tell me"

She didn’t answer, but moved on into the kitchen There were old attractively refurbished stable stools in front of the counter Dustin sat on one of the as she returned the waffle iron to a lower cabinet and set aboutcoffee

"I don’t understand," she mused "Why would someone co the ht and make it look as if I had a terrible accident"

"When soet in," Dustin said "But no one tried to break aor shoot up a door My guess is that this was just a trial run, a way of testing the waters"

"So so?" she asked

Sammy whined and settled at his feet Dustin leaned down for aWhen he looked up, she was at the counter, waiting for hiuess that’s it, yes," he told her "Here’s the good thing Whoever’s doing this hasn’t gotten to a point where they’re desperate This person is justresearching the situation right now"

"What should I do?"

"Tell everyone you’re getting an alarm system"

"And then?"

"Get an alarm system"

"Oh!"

"Listen, no one else believes that Marcus ht suspect it, but the police found nothing that would lend to ation than the one that’s been done You can’t blame them They found you with a man as already dead Thankfully, he’d been dead for hours, or you ht’ve ended up as a suspect But they found a man who’d been an addict dead with heroin in his systen that anyone had been There were no obvious marks on his body, other than those attributed to the fall"

"There were also no needles or drug paraphernalia," she reminded him sharply

"True, but no addict keeps his stash where it can easily be discovered"

The coffee gurgled its last and she poured the to the Horse Farm today to explain the will and dole out the individual bequests Marcus left"

"Just go, listen, watch other people And as soon as possible, call an alarm system company"

"You don’t think that’s kind of paranoid?"

"Paranoid is better than--" He broke off He’d been about to say dead "You’ve heard the old adage a thousand times Better safe than sorry"