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“Yeah, well, good luck with that,” he said, directing her to a chair at the table “Thanks to Ji”

“Okay” She rested her elbows on the table and clasped her hands under her chin

Detective Brice looked up then and blushed Heather shot him a smile “I won’t bite, Detective”

He shook his head and cluh his notes Heather winked at Gabe but he only narrowed his gaze, giving her one of those “knock it off” looks

“What?” She asked innocently “I’ my own business”

“Do I need to ask Mr Reynolds to step outside?”

“I don’t think so, Detective,” she said sweetly

“Some of the questions I’ll ask will be private, Miss Powers”

“I understand” She didn’t have anything to hide She and Gabe were soul mates She’d always suspected it Now, after the way he’d loved her? She was certain of it There couldn’t be secrets between them

“Okay let’s start at the beginning” He set his recorder on the table “This is Detective Bane Brice with the Cavern Mountain Police Department The date is March 8, 2015 I’m with Heather Powers These notes are for internal use” He looked down at his notepad “Now Jio Is that correct?”

“Yes”

“Can you explain why? Were you friends with the Vance brothers?”

“No,” she replied “I had been living in California—LA—working and going to school While I was enrolled at UCLA, I became more and more interested in the supernatural”

“The occult?”

“Yes That’s probably more accurate Actually, I went to LA to beco and realized I had a knack for it While I was there, I met a few true crime authors and some folks orked in the film industry Anyway, I decided to become an occult detective and write occult detective fiction”