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"We need that pecking order written down," Jackson said

"Here’s the strange thing, from what I’ve understood so far Charles shouldn’t have been playing Marshall Donegal The role should have gone to Ra a stink about having to play a Yankee--they were short a Yankee--and Ramsay decided to let Charles have the honor and play a Yankee hi at hi, but for some reason, it’s more romantic to be a rebel now Especially if you are froela chuckled "Hey, I’inia I’ve seen plenty a Civil War roundtable"

"Me, too," Jackson said

"Then why are you staring atat you because it seeate," Jackson told hi you can on the ered anyone" Jake nodded

"But first let’s head down to the local police station I want to see that our use of their forensics departain He didn’t really want to leave the house, but he usually accompanied Jackson on their police liaison

"By the way, nice handling of the ht I walked onto a live broadcast?" Jake said

Jackson grinned "Apparently, it was bought by several stations Anyway, you handled the anchorwo-ti around here a lot You can take the press on this one, too"

"Sure It’s hardly my expertise--"

"No, you just didn’t knoas your expertise," Jackson told hi to leave the rooelic piece of fluff, but she could handle a Glock as if she’d been a shooting champ for a hundred years

She set her hand on his "I’ll be here," she told hihosts, isn’t it?"

"Probably," she said

"Have you etting right on that And," she added, a curve to her lips and a light in her eyes, "you know me--I usually need a little tihosts are shy of disbelievers You’d think it would be the other way around"

"You’d think Charles Osgood’s spirit would be around here soers and who ela said "Rehosts don’t knohat’s happened--we all know that"

"Great," Jake said "Death is as confusing as life"

"Don’t worry today," Angela said "I’ll keep randfather, of course"

"Thanks," Jake told her

"Want to tell ed "We were close, intimately close Her father died, but I knehen he first went into eency, and I shouldn’t have And I related a dream I’d just had about him, in which he said how ht--and two seconds later the nurse walked in to say that he was dead In that ela nodded sympathetically "That’s e learn to keep our own council But you’re okay, right?"

"Yes, I swear it Don’t worry about , and my emotions won’t sway me in any way," he assured her

"Our e as they sway us in the right direction, we’re fine"

He left her, ready to head to the front of the house But he heard noise in the dining roo herself coffee froet me a list of the Yankees and the rebels who took part in the reenactment? I’m sure the police asked you for your rosters, but would you write up the na they’ve been involved with the plantation?"

She nodded "Of course"

Thatshe was in jeans and a T-shirt She still appeared as gloriously beautiful as she had in flohite She had that saance Even in jeans

And she seeotten her earlier tirade

"Of course," she repeated She looked away for a moment and then back to him "Sorry about earlier I was really tired"

"Don’t worry It "

She looked down "Of course not," she ?"