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"Don’t you dare laugh at et to know me And, Jackson Crow, you knoell as I do that we’re unlikely to co If the ghosts haunting the ceet the hell ahen a reenactment takes place because people are everywhere, and if they’re just reliving the fight--well, then they don’t see anything but as Some of those entities have been around forever, but still can’t quite reach out and touch anyone, much less a newcoive Jake tiht still haunt this house and these grounds know that Jake is fa

Angela nodded, looking at him "I think that Ashley has a sense that there is more--and I think it terrifies her Maybe she’ll cohosts--and you can’t force anyone to adhosts"

"The murderer was alive," Jackson said "So let’s concentrate on behavioral analysis of the living for the moment"

"It’s possible that soela said

"Too pat, too hard and too complicated If someone just wanted Charles dead, there were easier ways to kill him"

"A narcissist," Jackson said "He’s sure of hience and his ability to carry out the plot"

"So we’re looking for someone who isn’t stupid," Ashley said

"The police will be working hard on the masses and their alibis I think we have to look at the probable first So we’ll go with the fact that we believe that it’s soinning Initial instinct is a good place to start This is so with the belief that he’s been harmed in some way by the people here, or even by the plantation itself"

"I agree," Jake said

"Even then, we have to start narrowing down the suspect pool," Angela reet it down to a handful soon enough Prove where people were physically, and we’ll find out answers Or, at least, get the number down to where we can apply some pressure and perhaps cause this particular person to break I don’t think that he’s well This is the kind of murder perpetrated by a person with sohteousness of what he’s doing We just have to figure out who is really a concerned friend--and who is wearing a mask of friendship I believe that he’ll eventually break"

"I’ht happen if we don’t find him quickly He may start to spin out of control before he breaks, and that could be really dangerous," Angela said

"That could be fatal," Jake said "We need to take care--great care"

Jackson nodded "Go ith Ashley now," he said

Jake went back downstairs and found Ashley in the study He sat down in a chair across the desk from her and surveyed her She handed him a sheet of paper It was filled with the names of those who had played rebels and those who had played Yankees There was a little paragraph about each man’s family, e down at the sheet

The first name on it was Cliff Boudreaux And Ashley had typed, You’ve known hi, strong, self-assured Tour guide, jack-of-all-trades We all know he has family blood and that he loves the family

Mentally, he added Jackson’s note: because of that very fas of resentht to the property as Frazier and Ashley

Following Cliff’s naood Not a suicide Underlined three ti, not a chare happened at the last minute

Charles was followed by Ramsay Clayton and then by Hank Trebly, which ar mill on the cemetery side of the property

Hank Trebly, Ashley wrote, reminds me just a bit of a hobbit A little short, a little squat--I know you know Hank Fortyso his lower lip, concerned with politics, and the environuy, though, insisting that corners never be cut, and that they follow regulations to a T

Jake looked up again, s hi This is perfect, actually"

"You sure?"

"Jackson’s specialty is behavioral science This is exactly what he’ll need He hasn’tthat a behavioral scientist works with Perfect," he told her

She nodded, but her gaze shifted toward the door He looked around There was no one there Was she praying soet them both out of here?

"You okay?" he asked her