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“I don’t get reception at the barn You know that What’s up?”

Mark stepped forward “I can’t find Cissy She was supposed to be at the house all day Win and I were on our way to Seattle, but the Bainbridge ferry was a ot hoone”

“You’ve tried her cell?”

“Of course,” Winona said “She’s not answering And we found this in her room” She held out her hand In her palm lay a strip of photo-booth pictures In it, Noah and Cissy were s “It explains why ether all summer Unsupervised”

Mark looked like he was going to be sick

“Let’s not assume the worst,” Aurora said, and Vivi Ann could have kissed her sister for her sensible voice “We’ll find theet to the bottoone”

“Where should we look?” Winona asked

“I used to take girls to the beach park at night,” Mark said “There was that tree swing at the far end And the logging road out by Larsen’s Turnoff”

“Perfect,” Aurora said “I’ll check out the far side of the fair-grounds, especially behind the grandstands”

“I’ll ask around the o ho open her phone, she called Noah’s cell and got no answer She left an urgenton the home number

“I’ll help Vivi Ann,” Winona said to Mark “My sisters are right We’re panicking over nothing Chances are they’re at the fair”

Mark didn’t look convinced, but to his credit, he nodded and gave out his cell number

“We’ll meet back at your house in an hour,” Winona said

At that, they dispersed in different directions

Winona and Vivi Ann hurried down the busyout for Noah and Cissy When they’d covered every gaain