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He reached out a hand, as if he wanted to stroke her face She felt the sensation of so there--and not there But the roo, living hu for her She did the same He walked back into the bathroo the walls!"

He placed his hand on the wall by the sink, then leaned against it He host said It was a croak--dry, brittle It was the rough, sandpapery whisper that others soet that eerie feeling that a place was really haunted

"In the wall," she said softly

He nodded

She started, hearing a knock at the door Hardy wavered and was gone

She hurried to her door, expecting Sloan She was surprised to see Mike Addison He hadn’t even been at the desk; she’d assuht

She opened the door "Mike What’s the problem?"

"I caain," he said

She frowned at him, startled "Mike, I haven’tabout" She realized that beneath his Western deni a holster He was armed, while her Glock was on the bedside table

"That pounding The guest two cells down calledthere, a little belligerently, talking to her She didn’t knohy he suddenlyon in here"

She wanted to slam the door, which would have been ridiculous But she didn’t want to let hiun before opening the door

"Mike, there’s nothing going on in here I’ things, the sounds have to be co from the theater"

"The theater is closed"

He see toward her She assured herself that the h of a fool to offer harent, especially when it was known that she was at the Old Jail

Thankfully, she didn’t have to let him in or sla the office fro down the hallway

"Hey, Mike What’s up?" Sloan asked "What are you doing here so late?"

"I was over at the theater--thought I’d stop in," Mike said "And I got here just in tient Everett isany noise," Jane said with exasperation

Sloan stared at Mike "If Agent Everett says she isn’tany noise, I certainly believe her"

"But I had a cohosts must really like them," Sloan said

Mike’s eyes narrowed and he cast his head at an inquisitive angle "You gonna be here, Sheriff?"

"I’ on," Sloan told him

"Oh Oh!" Mike said "Okay, um, fine Well, then Just, uh, keep it down!" He turned and left abruptly

Sloan looked at Jane, amusement in his eyes "What was that all about?"

"I don’t know There really wasn’t any noise co from the room But I did see Trey Hardy And he put his hand on the wall again--right by thewell"

"What did she say?"

"She said the clown did it," he told her wearily "She kept hearing voices from the room in the basement She started to think that the spirits of people murdered in Lily had inhabited the oes down there to talk and plot orI don’t know But I do think we need to get in that roo happen here?"