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Sloan felt a tap on his shoulder It was one of the eency med techs "We’re ready to roll, Sheriff"

Sloan turned to Declan and the county officers "You’ll get statements from these et the crime-scene folks out here, too," Johnson said "This is the busiest they’ve been in a hell of a long tio?" Sloan asked Jane

"Ready," she said

Only one of them could ride in the ambulance, and Jane felt it should be him "I’ll drive behind in your patrol car," she said

"No, you get in there," he insisted "You were diagnosed with a concussion a little while ago I’ll drive the car Stay with theue As he followed, he realized she was just about the perfect agent She was a listener, not butting in when others were questioning people, responding when she needed to respond and keeping quiet when soht be learned

She was a talented artist, too He had the feeling that she worked ith her Krewe, handling the street work and the action, as well as the office work

She’d never leave her job

But what about him?

He hadn’t kno htto think about now, he told himself

But he felt numb, like someone other than himself So much had happened in Lily, and so fast Lily, Arizona--where all the violence had been in the past

Until they’d found Sage McCormick’s skull

In the hospital, Jane dozed off, exhaustion taking its toll while they sat waiting She ith a start when Sloan nudged her; she’d fallen asleep on his shoulder

"I’o in," he muttered He sounded weary Beyond weary

She nodded "I’ll be here"

He s hian She winced; she should have reported in already Glancing at her watch, she realized it was almost 1:00 am on the East Coast

"News services have picked up reports about a second lossing over her own experience in the basement of the theater When she’d explained it all, she paused

Sloan see with the county police She didn’t knohat his concern seemed to be when it came to his own people--other than that they were all fro’s connected And I believe it’s more than possible He also doesn’t seeht about a connection And if Lily is the source of all these criure that his own people are too close to too an said

It wasn’t her place, but she decided she should estion, anyway "Maybe you and Kelsey could head out here"

"I’ll talk to Sloan," Logan said "See if he’ll issue an invitation"

"Jay Beret murdered here," Jane pointed out

"We’ll see" Heat the coet us out there at about eleven tomorrow Do you think the facial reconstruction started all this?" he asked

"No" She thought for a minute "I think it started before the skull showed up on the wig rack So on Two men don’t die out in the desert--one shot, one with his throat slit--because of soreement Men who shouldn’t even have known each other And noe have three people hospitalized--Jennie in a coh’s son and ith carbon "

"And a skull and two corpses rean said "Sloan and I were friends I’ out there"