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Allison tried to remain completely stoic and not let Tyler or any of theh her

She stared down into her coffee cup She couldn’tShe didn’t want to die!

As she gazed into her coffee, she felt a sensation of strength slowly begin to fill her veins She looked up; Tyler was still there, his face just inches from hers

"I’ in his expression changed So she was afraid to see He cared He had spoken harshly to her, but he really cared She didn’t knohat had passed between theuardian

"Please, ad!" she said

He nodded grimly

She’d dressed up for years in the h the house as if it were her own She was young; Lucy had been young There’d been jokes about her rese patriot many times before, but it was also true that she’d never seen such a strong resee of the long-dead heroine

But it was just a resemblance Maybe it had always been there

Even if that was true, a ghost had shown up on filhost had been in or around the house, day after day

And she had never known it

"It’s so ed Tyler He rose and stood near her, still watching intently

"I’ so cowardly I’m usually not the type of person who juhed and said, Or believes in ghosts and things that go buhosts now

She knew they existed

She clenched her teeth tightly together

Trying to run away fro would only make it worse

Allison squared her shoulders She looked up at the group and said, "I don’t suppose it would help foras you say, then I guess Tyler was right I’d better start figuring out how to solve it Where do we go froo anywhere It’s that you have to open your essoan assured her "Kat and Jane are down at the ht Sometimes, when the spirits don’t reach out to us, we can see them on film, so at least we know they’re there"

"But…that’s it?"

"It’s only ten o’clock," Kelsey said "If it was as easy as stepping inside and de that everyone who remained in the house show theht be done already" She sat down next to Allison and continued "The ghosts in this house ht know a great deal more about the past, and that could help us with the present"

"Oh But…"

Logan stood up He glanced at Tyler and then at her "Listen, Allison, we’ve gone over the house, the locks, the alar and saw so" He hesitated and looked at Tyler again She realized he was trying to tell her so she wouldn’t want to hear

"Whoever caused Julian’s death has to be someone you’re close to, Allison," Tyler said "Whoever was in the house is someone who has access to it"

"Julian is dead, so that would leave Annette and Jason" Allison shook her head "No, no--I don’t believe it was either of theony from that tooth that needed the root canal And I ith Jason I watched him leave before…before I found Julian"

"We’ve confiran said

"You checked out her story?" Allison asked

"We check out everything"

"There’s also the board of directors," Tyler said