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"If you wish, my dear"

"Please"

Tyler admired the effect Adam had on others He knew that Harrison had once had a son, Josh, and that Josh had been killed in an accident at a young age Josh had apparently been born with a sixth sense, and when he’d died, Ada to reach him Tyler had recently heard that the father could finally talk to the son, although Adam didn’t usually have the ability to communicate with the dead

What he did have was an uncanny ability to connect with the living

Tyler definitely wished he had a little more of that ability himself He wasn’t sure why he seeht, which people often considered inti, since he stood at about six-five Fro but to be a Texas Ranger and now, although he loved the change in what he was doing, he wondered if he carried soh areas of Texas He didn’t know if it was his appearance or his no-nonsense de, and it always took hiun-toting cowboy

"Well, then, let’s get going," Adam said "I know you et you home soon"

"That’s it? I can just walk out?"

"That’s it"

She stood, a bit cluht for a woht or nine, and that she wore the historic dress exceptionally well She see and couldn’t quite find her feet She didn’t shake hially, "Thank you I’m fine"

He released her elbow and they exited the station Detective Jenson aiting for theh Thank you for your patience with us And please accept , provide anyenough to glean anything she was likely to know

Tyler’s SUV was just outside the station and he nodded toward it "We’ll get you home as quickly as we can," he proer seat and took the rear hie, he’d show courtesy to a lady until he keeled over

Although he was silent during the drive, Allison began to speak "It seemed like such an ordinary day," she murmured

"There were a lot of tours?" Tyler asked her

"Yes, it was busy, which is good We work hard toand infor itself"

Tyler asked a few questions about historical tours as he drove, trying to put her at ease They reached the house, parking in the adjacent lot

Maybe it was fitting that there’d be a full ht, encased by the shadows surrounding it

By day, he thought, it was probably a handsoes But now…

Now it sees posted by the police No Trespassing! Invasion of the Premises in Any Manner Will Result in In beyond the podium that usually advertised the property’s hours of admission and the prices of tours

"There’s--there’s tape all over the house" Allison spoke blankly, obviously too tired to be shocked

"Yes, your chairh for a real investigation," Adam said

Tyler slipped a knife froh the tape He keyed in the code on the gate alaration?" Allison repeated

"Yes," Tyler said "We’re trying to find out if the security’s been breached and determine whether there’s another access Also, if there’s soerous concepts of history, dangerous beliefs about this house That’s why it ain as she studied hihost hunter--I’hosts would be a rather useless effort" He forced a s conversation--now, that’s another thing"

Leaving her to Adam, he strolled up the ay He wanted to spend soain slit the tape before typing in the alar the key he’d received from Detective Jenson to let himself in When he entered the foyer, it felt as if he’d stepped back in time

Tyler stood there for a minute You didn’t need to be a Krewe member to "feel" a house, a battlefield or any other historic place He’d seen the ri that touchedor in the middle of Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame or other such historic places