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"Pennies? Why?"

"Local tradition has it that tossing pennies on Ben’s grave brings financial good fortune"

Logan grinned "Well, that kind of contradicts that proverb of his--a penny saved is a penny earned"

They all laughed Tyler asked, "Did you have a great-great-great-whatever fighting in the Revolution?"

She nodded again "Williah He survived the war and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-seven He’s at Christ Church with his tives, several of his children and their children My rants They ca the Famine and then made their way over to Philadelphia"

"It would be interesting to find out anto do, but as Tyler said, I’round I ae families The Philadelphia Departeneration--and a lot of what’s in the Department of Records can be verified by church records Saus Tarleton had two children, Lucy and Sophia Lucy died, and you can trace the Dandridge family, as well The name died out with Cherry Addison’s mother" She sipped her iced tea "But I’m not sure why this is relevant You tell host So how can the past uely "We’ll see"

"When we get back into the office, I’d like to keep going through the papers and records that were thrown around up there" Tyler smiled at her "I’d also like a better tour of the property"

"You raveyard?" Allison asked

"Yes I looked around quickly when I first arrived, but there’s nothing like a good tour--with a knowledgeable guide"

As he finished speaking, Jason and a few other servers appeared with their hway," he told them "There was a massive accident on US1"

"That’s awful," Allison said

"They’re just showing it on the television up at the bar," Jason was saying "It looks like at least ten cars are involved and two trucks have turned over I’ to be some fatalities"

Allison slid out of the booth and followed Jason over to the bar A reporter was at the scene of the crash, and she saisted mass of steel on the road One car had flipped and fallen on another One truck was on its side, another stretched across the road, forasped "Jason, that car--it’s a blue Volvo"

"Yeah," he said

They were thinking the sa drove a blue Volvo

"Let’s not jump to conclusions," Jason said "There must be a lot of blue Volvos in the Philly area"

"Sarah said she’d always drive a Volvo because it was the safest car on the road," Allison whispered

"Yes, and it is a Volvo, so even if Sarah’s in that car, I’ to be okay"

Allison noticed Tyler standing next to her and saw that he had his phone out He was speaking to someone who could zero in on the license plate and pull up the vehicle records

She and Jason waited anxiously as he spoke He grunted replies, finished with a terse "Thanks," and snapped his phone shut He looked fro," he said "From what the police have determined so far, Sarah was the one who caused the accident"

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While Logan spoke with officers at the accident scene, Tyler found the a his ID, he was per but he couldbehind hiently with doctors while en route, doing their best to save the woood stead; she had sla had inflated to protect her

But while cars continued to slam into one another around her, Sarah had done the unthinkable--she had stumbled out of her car She’d been hit by another vehicle and hurled several feet in the air

Sarah lay bruised and broken with an IV in her ar that was said or done to her as the ently to keep her alive

When they reached the eency room, she was immediately wheeled in

Tyler wasn’t allowed entry, but he identified hiency roo for any infor to the woent was so deterreed as he hurried off

Tyler paced the waiting room He’d been suspicious of the woman just before this happened And he was still suspicious--although no longer of Sarah herself

He wanted to knoould cause the woman to lose control of her vehicle as she had And why in God’s name would she crawl out of the car?