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"They are illusions," Will said quietly, "but illusions of the mind That is the place where we know another sense: of the living, and of the dead"

As she sat there, Marshall Donegal appeared as well She tensed, thinking that there would be sonized one another, acknowledged one another, it was merely with sorrow

"Talk to them," Jenna said "They will hear you"

"I need help," she said "Please"

Marshall walked to one "We were sad enemies No more We are united in death, and the country is united now, through our deaths We have irl, please Help her"

The one who seemed to be a captain turned from Marshall to Ashley

"I would help you, if I could What do you need?"

"I need to know…Eed away, taken to the house Who took her? Which soldier? Please, it’s so i then myself But, I saw her I saw her tears I saw the uniform I saw…the man was blond He had blond curls

I didn’t know his name"

"Can anyone help?" Marshall called out

One of theone, Marshall I was gone when she came to the cemetery We were hotheaded as were you--we’d never have hurt your wife or your children What ht She wasn’t afraid of ghosts, she realized She had learned to fear monsters instead

The captain spoke softly "One will know," he said

"Who?" Marshall asked

"Eone," he said softly

"No," the captain said "I see her at the attic "

The ghost of Marshall Donegal fell to his knees in the cemetery and wept

"Why, hey, you!" Beth said, surprised to see thewith her

"Beth!" he said, equally surprised "What are you doing here?"

"Leaving," she adal Plantation will be allantly

"I’ll be back," she said

"I’ot some time Do you need a ride to the airport?"

"Well, that would be great But I can just take a cab--"

"Don’t be silly I’ve got a car"

"My things are at the hotel--"

"We’ll stop and get the deal, I promise"

"It’s a half hour drive there, and back"

"Worth it, if I can iain!"

As the breeze moved her hair and she pulled a strand froinal suspect list But that had been before

"Sure, thanks"

They were going to get in a car; they were going to get coffee No danger in that Besides, she didn’t believe it She just didn’t believe it

They walked to his car She noted, as she started to get in, that he had a little case, like the kind kept by a diabetic Was he diabetic? She couldn’t reot in beside her

And then, of course, she realized

She put her hand on the door; she opened her ainst the caras he picked up a needle; she felt it piercing through her skin, and then she felt no more

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Jackson and Jake walked the square over and over looking for Rae The bastard answeredwhen I called him and said we’d find hi wos of the square if she had seen Ra