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"Buthe couldn’t say that the girl we found in the water was Helen, right?"

"No I couldn’t tell you, either," Abby added "And I knew her I’d met her several times," she said "I don’t think it was Helen But I can’t be sure The body" Her voice trailed off She had to be better about things like this; she’d been through an autopsy, for God’s sake She’d passed the acade over at her "No uys, death can still tear you up And if you get to where it doesn’tthen you need to reassess what you’re doing"

"Yeah, thanks," she said huskily

"So you orking on the ship, the ship ca down the dock and you just happened to stop and see the body," Caswell said

"I was behind her I’d called out to her," Malachi explained "It hile ere standing there talking that Abby saw the body and"

"And you dove in," Caswell finished

Malachi raised his hands "We could only see her from the top She was facedown, but the pirate ship and some sht have been alive Better to try than to find out you ht have saved soe things," he said, leaning toward them "The powers that be wanted to handle the situation on their own, but noith another murderI think they’ll ask for federal help, if you want to give the right people a heads-up"

Malachi nodded in acknowledgn the stateive you a copy of the notes I’ve coet out of here I don’t want any resento official--or if we don’t You kno cops can be--I don’t want the around before they were asked in Soed, that they weren’t considered coovernment had to step in It’s not conducive to constructive work and everyone does need to work together"

"What lines of investigation are you working on right now?" Malachi asked

"Searching for Helen? We’ve got her cole That was Peters’s case," he said, and hesitated "It h the cell phone records on the others, tried to figure out if there was so their steps And we’re still waiting for lab reports froh the autopsy procedures have been completed on Ruth Seymour, Rupert Holloway and Felicia Shepherd"

"Do you have any suspects?" Malachi asked

"No--not a one We have our tech guys working on tracing theservice, as I said That’s it We don’t have anything solid Ruth Sey her after She was a tourist, of course, and wouldn’t be known by locals, but we’ve had her picture all over Sa at a restaurant on the riverfront He never o to class She said goodbye to her rooht?"

"Yes Felicia’s car was in her parking space at the coe at the hotel, Ruth Seymour’s car was in the drive at the B and B"

Ten minutes later they left the station They were in Malachi’s car heading back toward the Dragonslayer He drove an Explorer, and while the interior was clean, it looked as if he’d driven on soh her files

"First, I’otten that heother than a towel provided by one of the crime scene techs "Yes, you must be miserably wet"

"I’lued to my skin If you don’t mind, we’ll stop by ?" she asked

"The 17hundred90 Inn and Restaurant," he replied "Hey, it’s supposed to be one of the most haunted in Savannah"

Abby nodded "I love the bar area and the restaurant There’s a great fireplace--nice to sit around on a chilly night The house was actually built in 1820, but that was a disastrous year for the city A fire wiped out half of it and an epideuess someone liked 1790 better and used that year to nahost of Anna haunts it, you know"