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“So I should just leave her to the wolves without trying to put her to rest?”

She clenched the steering wheel tight, and gritted her teeth It was ad Norive-a-fuck seemed to be broken

“Forgive me if I’m not sympathetic”

“I’ you to be, Juni I understand why there’s no love lost between you I’d feel the same way if I were you But I have to make sure I can live with myself after it’s all said and done”

She snorted and bit back a retort as she turned her attention back to the road The last thing she wanted to do was say words in anger she couldn’t take back

Chapter Thirteen

Oliver had never been so glad to leave a car in his life He kneas sending iven a pass for the serioushim off balance The inches that separated them felt like miles as they made their way up the ay to Madeline’s house It was a completely different scenario from the last time The irony didn’t escape hi the doorbell, with his hands in his pants pocket He rocked back on his heel when Madeline opened the door

“Coed since you were here last”

She ushered them into her house, and they made a beeline for the room she’d seen them in previously They sat at the table and she spoke

“You’ve figured out who the ghost was,” Madeline said

“It’s my wife,” Oliver said

“Tell ,” she said

Twenty minutes later Oliver sat beside Juni, drained and quiet No matter how many times he told

this story, it would never get easier

“Norhost, it’s attached to a certain object You destroy the object, and they lose their grip on this plane In your case, that’s not possible”