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He threw a look beyond her “Is Jessy co down?”

“In a few minutes, she said,” Cat replied

“Good I—” Chase broke off the sentence, catching thevehicle outside

He turned with a frown as headlight beaht when people would call to offer their syrieve in private

As the bright bea away from the s, brakes squealed and tires skidded In all of it, there was a sense of alar feet pounded up the porch steps

“Dear God, what’s happened now?” Cat picked up the saan, but he had already followed Chase into the wide hall

The front door burst open with a force that slaainst the doorstop A wild-eyed Tara rushed in and halted briefly when she saw Chase, wet streaks of blackdown her cheeks

“Chase, thank God” She launched herself at hi at his shirtfront “They just toldshake of her head “It’s not true It can’t be true Ty is here, isn’t he?” Emotion sobbed in her voice Frantic, she looked past him “I need to see him”

“Tara” Chase gripped her shoulders “Tara, it’s true Ty is—”

“No!” she screamed to silence hi her a th “That’s a lie! He isn’t dead He’s here I know he is”

In a frenzy, Tara charged toward the living roorab for her, but she jerked free from him as easily as she had from Chase

“You aren’t going to keep , a half-crazed glare in her eyes “I’ll find hi down the stairs, her outer calm in direct contrast to Tara’s hysteria Tara froze for a split second then ran for the steps “He’s up there, isn’t he? Ty! Ty?”

At the landing, Jessy blocked Tara’s path “You can’t go up there You’ll wake the twins”

“Get out of my way!” Tara shrieked and reached to push Jessy aside “Ty’s up there! I have to see him Ty! Ty!”

As always, she had met her match in Jessy Jessy shoved her back “Stop it, Tara! He’s dead”