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Malachi reement; if he was, he didn’t show it

"That’s fine, Dirk, thank you I’et a teaive David official per that’ll help," he said He looked back at Abby "It will help, right?"

"It will," she said

"Call hi he needs"

"Thank you," Abby said

Dirk left the two of the for the bar He stopped and turned back "You two just saw all that and don’t need a drink?" he de," Abby said

She looked at Malachi "Honestly, it can’t be Dirk You figure so the the them to have sex as if they’d been seized by pirates And because he has a pirate ship, you’re thinking Dirk"

He shrugged "Abby, yes, obviously, I’one And he runs a pirate ship"

"If so to search the Black Swan, shouldn’t it be us?" Abby asked him

"Get permission from your friend," he told her

Abby whirled around and ran, catching up with Dirk just before he got to the door He seemed perplexed but told her she elcoate down at the dock where the Black Swan berthed would be locked

She ran back to Malachi "Let’s go!" She dashed by him

"Hey!" he called after her

"Faster to walk than to find a parking place on the river Come on!"

It was only a iven her to open the gate She waited for Malachi, and tried not to remember how she’d seen the body here earlier There was no crime scene tape; it wouldn’t have servedthey possibly could, considering that the body had floated in the river for a day or two

Malachi entered behind her "Relock it," he warned

She did They hurried on down the dock Malachi passed by her and juplank that tourists used to board was on the ship, taken up at night to discourage anyone who ht make it onto the dock

Malachi stretched out his hand She hesitated only briefly and accepted it to join hihts lit up the main part of the forecastle and performance area Abby hurried on to the restaurant area and the restroohts as she went in and heard Malachi behind her, searching the snack stand and environs

She found Helen’s locker, which was open But on inspection of its contents yielded nothing except for a sweater, a , a brush and Helen’s costume

Frustrated, Abby closed the locker

The others were open and she decided to search the her nose where she really had no right--but Blake Stewart and Jack Winston worked with Helen They were friends, and Blake had been in love with Helen It had to be done

But their lockers yielded nothing, either There was a sh the swords and guns used by the players, touching each one None was real The blades were plastic, although they’d been artfully created to appear real

She left the lockers, disappointed, and discovered that Malachi was no longer in the snack shop

"Malachi?"

"Down in the azine!" he called to her

She hurried to the below deck and found hiainst the inner hull, placed there for the use of the cast and crew

"Anything?" she asked

"Maybe" He handed her a folded pamphlet

"It’s a tour map," she said "Actually, this particular ht have h school with hie history buff He does ghost tours here in the city and they’re supposed to be solish," Malachi said

"Yes You did meet hi for his tours"