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“That reminds me—I’d like to see the Carson’s house, maybe see if there are any clues as to what happened” Jason stood up from the table

“We can do that, sure” Dianne looked at Sarah “You’re okay staying here with the kids?”

Sarah stood up and headed into the living roos from the truck “Better than okay”

Jason realized what Sarah was getting and smiled “You’ll like this, D”

Sarah pulled a rectangular block froht it with one hand and flipped it over, ie on this baby?”

“Twenty miles or so With the trees around the house it’ll be cut down by a fair amount but I can just sit upstairs at ato keep in touch”

“Nice thinking, Sarah” Dianne clipped the long range tay radio to her belt and looked at Jason “You want to take your truck or mine?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but I think yours has ht?”

“Yeah, I think so” Dianne grabbed the keys for the truck froerator and passed the it around out front Jacob, would you and your sister take this chair upstairs and show Mrs Statler the best place to put it so she can see out over the driveway?”

Sarah, Jacob and Josie headed upstairs while Jason walked out the front door and around to the back of the house to get Dianne’s truck Taking advantage of the moment of privacy she stood next to Mark and talked to him in a soft voice so that no one could overhear their conversation

“I want you to keep a close eye on everything here, okay?”

Mark cocked his head, slightly confused by the request “Mr and Mrs Statler are okay, aren’t they?”

“They’re fantastic I can think of few other people I’d trust to have here with us more than them” Dianne hesitated “But you’re still the ets back So I need you alert and watching out for all of us Especially your brother and sister while I’one Got it?”

Mark nodded “Got it Do you want me to show her the security cameras?”

“Absolutely” Dianne nodded vigorously “Don’t misunderstand me, kiddo I’m not worried about Sarah and Jason I just need you to keep your eyes open Having them drive out here to the house has uy froo”