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Kelsey had known that she wanted to be in law enforcement all her life Despite the fact that she’d already been a Marshal, she’d had to go through the acadeher than Jane froreat deal about inner strength; Jane thought she’d gained a great deal of her own confidence with Kelsey’s help Jane was also proud of being a very good shot--if not quite as good as those in their Kreho’d been practicing at the range rateful to have them here She’d never worked any case without at least another few members of her Krewe before It had just been days, of course, since she’d left theain, she’d only come here to do a facial reconstruction

"Lily is pretty interesting," Kelsey said "I’ve never been anywhere quite like this And ht in?"

Jane reri part of the theater crowd" She turned to Heidi "Thanks for finding Logan and Kelsey and bringing therind We’re all doing double shifts today--so htwell, that these events would’ve scared off more people I e" She gave an elaborate shudder

"I’an told her

"With another guide and parties of up to fifteenyeah, I hope so," Heidi said "Anyway, I’ll see you around"

They all said goodbye "You’ve found soan asked Jane

She confirmed that the door was closed and then showed them the note "It’s not addressed to anyone, but I believe it lanced at Kelsey "I’ve tried to keep Logan up on what’s going on--"

Kelsey nodded "He’s filled us in on what he knows"

"I was honestly surprised that Sloan was okay with bringing you in But as we’ve discussed, he doesn’t seeested he’s afraid that one of his deputies ht have--inadvertently or not--shared information There’s also the possibility that so on, and I suppose it could be over the gold"

"From what I understand, that shipold, but at about fifty dollars a grah to kill for But we’re talking about old was stolen, so ould Sage haveto Hardy?"

"I don’t know," Jane said "I just don’t Trey Hardyto happen And even though he wasn’t a killer, he ht have been condemned to death once he stood before the circuit court He was a gentleht’ve been ready to tell what he knew, to see that people weren’t killed"

Logan reood guy Jesse Ja like Robin Hood, but if you were the one being robbed by hied "I don’t knoant to think of Hardy as being a good guy"

"Well, legends are based on real men and women, and none of us is all saint or sinner I’ll leave you two to your reading I’ive us anything from forensics I’ll keep in touch"

"Where should I start?" Kelsey asked Jane

"I’ll keep going with this Why don’t you go through the old newspaper clippings and see if there’s anything new you can discover"

Valerie Mystro stood by the car staring at Sloan She appeared completely bewildered She batted her lashes and played the betrayed heroine to the hilt

"I don’t understand why you’re here, Sloan, why you’d be waiting for sooodies to the hospital Everything that’s happened is terrible, but your fixation on the theater is ridiculous! Yes, I went to the hospital Jih Caleb was obnoxious to everyone--insulting Alice andto pick us up or bribe us to have sex I thought I was doing soood!"

"Valerie, this is one of the two busiest days of the year for the theater--but you had time to drive out to the hospital?" Sloan demanded

"I felt bad! Caleb was murdered--and those two almost died, as well Give me a little credit here, will you? Sloan, you think it all has to do with the theater because of the skull Don’t forget, I’m the one who found the skull and was nearly scared out of ten years by it!"