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She was glad he was there He seemed to fill a room--an area, even in the th, like an invulnerable bastion

"What the hell are you doing?" he asked her, clearly irritated

Soaround Marcus’s house," she said "My house," she added

"You didn’t even lock the door!" he adht to lock the door; she wasn’t accusto worried about her every ," she told hi," he said, still aggravated He started walking into the house

To her a stretched out on the hardwood floor had curled back

Straightening, he swore softly

"He has no right to be rude to you!" Olivia heard

Turning around, she saw that the ghost of Marcus Danby had decided to join the to keep her fro a whole lot!"

Olivia turned again to look at Dustin, as staring at Marcus

"You see him," she breathed

"Of course I see him And hear him And, Mr Danby, under the circumstances, it’s about time you stuck around toabout you and everything you did on the day you were killed Yourthat can keep Olivia alive"

Marcus, startled--and offended--hostly way across the room to stand in front of Dustin "You--you’re FBI You have to find the truth of this I’er"

"You put her in danger the ed her into this!" Dustin snapped

"Hey, someone killed me! It’s not just Olivia’s life that’s at stake The Horse Faret her killed, as well?"

"She could hear an

But neither seemed to hear her

"You need to be worried about her safety before anything else," Dustin was saying

"And you have to find er"

"But you obviously have the infores You’re the one--"

"Yeah?"

"You’re the one who’salive"

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Marcus’s final stateument Within minutes, he and Olivia were seated on the sofa, while Dustin was in a wing-back chair across the coffee table from them

Olivia and Dustin had coffee--black Marcus had told them the coffee was fine, but since he’d been dead for a while now, the ood Olivia should throw it out

Marcus went over the day of his death with Dustin; Dustin asked for details but Marcus really couldn’t tell the they didn’t already know Dustin pressed hi from the woods and you went to find him That’s the last you remember?" Dustin asked

"Yes, I just said that," Marcus replied in an exasperated tone

"Which woods? Where were you exactly?"

"I don’t know exactly There’s a riding trail--the only real trail You’ll see little paths here and there, but if you were on horseback, you’d have to take the trail That’s where I was"

"And it was daylight, correct?"

"Yes Although it was a little overcast The canopy of the pines and the other trees can create this green darkness that’s al in a fantasyland," Marcus said

Dustin ignored his lyrical description "How far had you gone in?" he asked briskly

"A hundred yards or so? I’d reached the copse"

"And then?"

"Then I don’t remember"

"Did you feel a pain in your head? A prick in your ar that would explain how you lost consciousness?"

"No Yes! Maybe I thought I’d been stung by a beeor gotten a spider bite So you don’t even pay attention to," Marcus said

"The medical exas in your systeot there," Dustin said

"Well, there’s nothing in this house, I can assure you of that," Marcus responded indignantly

Dustin looked at Olivia "And tomorrow, at work, you should say that you searched all over the house and you didn’t find anything--but that you’re resigned to the fact that Marcus must have suffered a relapse and hidden his stash in the forest sonantly

"Soht, Marcus," Dustin told hiuished look

"I thought you were co back," she reminded him