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I oo, yet at the sa made sense The reason why Kipp hadn’t crossed over had nothing to do with finding his killer—he stayed to save Hannah’s young soul

Many minutes passed before Hannah backed away from Kipp, wiped the tears froardens I sat next to her and Kipp knelt in front of her

“Are you okay to talk about what happened to you now?” he asked

Hannah nodded “Yeah, I’m okay now and thank you I’m sorry I fell apart”

“I think you’re entitled,” I said “Actually more than entitled to fall to pieces, but we need you to focus just for a little while Can you tell us anything at all?”

Her expression shohat I’d seen frohosts after I asked the question She appeared puzzled “I know I’m dead, and I know the man I loved killed me”

“The man you loved?” Kipp repeated

I understood his surprise I hadn’t expected her murder would lead back to a man she’d been emotionally involved with “Why would he kill you?”

Her eyes lowered with shary”

Kipp reached up, took her hand in his and his expression showed nothing less than complete sympathy “What made him so mad?”

A tear ran down Hannah’s cheek “I wanted to share a life with him and start a family We were soul mates”

“But…” Always a but

She wiped her tear away “He was married”

Kipp’s eyes widened “You were having an affair?”

“We weren’t having an affair, ere in love” Hannah’s tone became sharp before her voice softened with iry because I wanted more from him”