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"Well, he’s still with us," he reo back to that day So Marcus was at the Horse Farm and we know he definitely went in to see Aaron We know they talked He probably talked to Andrew and Sydney, too, because they would’ve been working at the stables"

"Yes, and we know that because Frank spoke to them They had casual conversations with Marcus fairly early in the day I had a session in theattention to entle as our horses are, they’re still horses I keep an eye on every interaction Not tomost of the ti"

"When did Sa the lunch break It’s fro the break that day?"

"H to like this I had some paperwork to do so I was at ht in Trickster He was cleaning Gargantua’s hooves I think he’d been checking all their shoes"

"Did you see Sydney?"

"Not until Aaron talked about how concerned he was once Saht away--and our vet is wonderful He came out and made a house call, then took Saht He was afraid Saht tear out his stitches By the time the vet left, ere all worried about Marcus We started calling hi for him, then we mounted up and headed out on a search Everyone except Sandra We needed soave us a spiel about Marcus being a grownBecause of Sammy, you see Salad to hear herto her, he was able to eat And he’d been fa for him to respond

"As far as you know, any one of the others could have been out in the woods during the lunch break?"

"I suppose so I wasn’t keeping track And ere focused on Sa"

"Soh the cracks"

"Have you elioing to eli it would be Aaron"

"Not necessarily"

"Dustin! He alroaned "Seriously?"

"If I were going to eliminate someone, I’d say Sydney and Drew"

"Why?"

"Because I like theood reason for you I like everyone I ith--ht not be so"

"I could be--but I’ant, really"

"No, let’s be kind Go back to confident"

She began to pick up their dishes, and he rose to help As she reatest flaw is his self-regard--but he’s still a good therapist Mariah loves history, is almost obsessed with it, but that doesn’t seem like much of a flaw Sandra--well, okay, she can be bitchy I had my head in the clouds about her and Aaron Ion But if they’re in love, and I think they are, it sure doesn’t make sense that she’d try to hurt him, does it? Anyway, Aaron is really a doll He’s always patient and never loses his tereat They’re both low-key Dreorks with the boys froe House a lot, while Sydney is more of a loner He’s the sweetest man on earth, but he does tend to like aniainst him Andyou did suspect Aaron"

He stood behind her at the sink His arlasses He had to step away He’d barely heard what she’d said; he’d been breathing in the scent of her hair

He cleared his throat "They all have clean backgrounds," he said He paused "None of theainst them, no criminal history or official complaints"

"Does any of thatwe can about all of them is important"

The dishes were done; the kitchen was clean

"I’ve got to go outside with Saht"

"We’ll go with hi for Sa Olivia stood on the porch, with Dustin just behind her

"Sammy, stay in the front, please Do what you need to do and co barked as if he understood her every word

Maybe he did

When they were back inside, Dustin watched her lock the door