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Convenient place to die Or be murdered

But despite the blood that dripped from the body and pooled at the feet, he didn’t believe that the ht here soon after death, but he hadn’t died here The body had been put on display It was evident that whoever had killed the man had done so to be historically accurate--and to make sure that the world knew that a al had been killed long ago Was it an assault on the Donegal family? Or had soal fa off suspicion?

"He was so proud to be playing Marshall Donegal!" Ashley whispered

"Stay here--exactly here," he told her

He was afraid that she was going to cling to hi her own strength

"I know It’s a cri where he walked, searched the area surrounding the toraveled paths around the tombs certainly didn’t allow much room for footprints, and he didn’t expect to find any They would have to hope that the forensic teaerprints, hair, fibers, DNA--anything that ht the man to his death, and then here

They could hear the sirens then, shrieking through the night And then voices as guests staying in the various rental rooates," Jake told her "Make sure no one but the police coh"

She nodded jerkily yet didn’ther shoulders "You don’t want guests wandering in here, and your grandfather will be cohties!"

She snapped to finally and nodded, spinning about in a whirl of shi in a knot of pain She didn’t need this; she didn’t deserve this Of course, the dead man hadn’t deserved it, either As he heard the sirens come closer and closer, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed Jackson Crow It hadn’t been so important before that the team arrive quickly; now, it was

He looked back at the corpse, and tiain

So at the gates of the ce to co like shock, but Jake was here, and now she was okay It was bizarre that she was okay because Jake was here, but that was the way that it was; he was in control, and it brought her back to herself

She had felt that she’d been losing her ued her ed to see Jake

And Charles was dead--and Jake was here Really here

And she had to quit behaving like a "dumb blonde" screa that she had to get to her grandfather

But she didn’t get that far

The first person to rise and rush out, hearing the wail of the sirens, was Cliff Boudreaux, and he didn’t have far to co brown hair wasShe saw that he first looked back to the house, but then saw her and ran to her instead, gripping her shoulders, his eyes filled orry

"Ashley? Ashley, why are you standing here like this? What the hell has happened?"

She stared back at hiain, furious Soood He could be petulant; he could be whiney; but he was a good e, had never hurt anyone

She felt all sense of tre fade away coood is dead I just found him in the cemetery," Ashley said "The police are on their way"

As she spoke, she saw that people were beginning to ee from the far stables, where the rental roorandfather Please make sure no one wanders into the ce Beth and her grandfather had coether and looked as confused as anyone else She broke into a run, crossing the distance froraveyard to the steps

"Ashley!"

Frazier reached out, and she ran straight into his arht But I found Charles Osgood He’s…dead"

Frazier dreay froasp but said nothing

Ashley continued, "I thought I heard so in a ce on? Lord, girl!" Beth said