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"You never went near Caleb Hough? Or his wife or son?"

"Never! I’m here because I had to try to tell Jennie I’m sorry!"

"In a nurse’s uniform--dressed up as a wonity

"Whether you did or didn’t hurt anyone else, you alent Everett You’re in it deep, Brian, and when I get back, you’re going to tell et hihset a grip on his anger, he walked back into the hospital He called Newsoive hian was nearly at the hospital As soon as he’d finished that conversation, he phoned Jane

"So that’s it?" she asked "Brian--Brian Highsmith--knocked me out and put Jennie in a coma And he claims he didn’t want to hurt anyone?"

"That’s his story"

"And he started the whole thing by putting Sage McCor to scare Valerie into sleeping with him when he became the hero who saved her Apparently, I ruined that by showing up"

"What about Jay Berman--and the corpse in the desert? Do you think Brian killed Caleb Hough?"

"He denies it--but as he just reminded me, he is an actor"

"Well, there’s also the fact that two people went into the Hough house and attacked Ji to talk to Jennie and the Hough fahed "I was pretty sure that Jennie was being paranoid Once Logan gets here I’ll go back to talk to Brian"

"Kelsey and I will hang around the theater," she told hi fire over the fact that we’ve ripped up his wall" She was quiet for a minute "You’ll want to see this letter Kelsey ed it, she went on "Trey Hardyto make sure his note was preserved He’d hoped somebody would find it if he was killed, and if so, see that his killers didn’t get to Sage" She paused "Or, in the event that it wasn’t found until later, I guess he wanted to set the record straight About the gold heist And about Sage"

Sloan felt a little nu sentimental, but this did involve his family Or, at any rate, an ancestor

"Yeah, I’d like to see that note," he finally told Jane, and realized his voice was a little husky Maybe it e McCorhosts all these years--and were here to help out when he’d needed the to be destructive We’re going to look for the obvious," Jane assured him

"Hey, did you make a likeness of our mummified corpse?" he asked

"From the pictures I’ve seen, I’d say we definitely found Red Marston I honestly believe he was trying to save Sage, too, and died for his efforts," Jane said

"Maybe We know that Trey Hardy was gunned down in a conspiracy And I’e and Red were killed because of possible interference--or because they , the law never caught anyone I suspect Caleb Hough discovered that the gold was still here He brought Jay Berman in on it and then killed Berman The only possible reason for all these old already--and , Sloan"

"Keep in touch And be careful"

"Of course"

Sloan rang off and went back into the hospital Jennie was still upset, but she was in bed again and she’d been given a sedative; she clung to Sloan when he walked inside the rooht, Sloan I don’t feel right Brian! And I cared about that boy"

"He claims he loves you, too, Jennie That he never intended to hurt you"

Jennie sniffed at that "He’ll go to jail, won’t he?"

"That was a serious assault Yes, I ies?"

"He attacked a federal agent, as well" Sloan hesitated "He ht have murdered other people, too We don’t really know the truth yet We only knohat he’s willing to adhsmith," Jennie said "He played a villain, Sloan, and he was an atrocious flirt, but I always felt he was a good kid at heart"

"He put you in a coma," Sloan said

"But I believe he didn’twith her; she was still charmed by Brian

They were both startled when they heard a sound of disgust fro there

"How could you say such a thing?" she de to walk over to her where she stood in the doorway "Zoe, we don’t--"

"He crept in here dressed like a nurse! He could’ve come and killed Jimmy or me!" Zoe said, obviously shaken

"Zoe, he admits to what he did as far as Jennie and Jane are concerned, but denies killing anyone," Sloan told her