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" 'Oh, yes, I do I know your ghost goes everywhere with you I know you lived all your life ae of children That's what Fr Kev told ot Fr Kev into bed, but in the final go-round he proved to be iood priest, but he's loosening up when it co he hears in the confessional ¡¯

"Her eyes were so green that I could scarcely concentrate on what she was saying

" 'And did he warn you off of me?' I asked 'Did he tell you I was crazy?¡¯

"She laughed a sweet laugh and she bit down on her lower lip as if she was thinking 'You've got it backwards They're out to protect you from me Course they do want to keep me under lock and key That's why I was at the front door of the house waiting for you I a slut I had to see you before they did And I'm not the only witch in the family ¡¯

" 'Mona, what do youabout?¡¯

" 'You mean you've never heard of us?¡¯

" 'Yes, but only good things -- like Dr Rowan's dream of Mayfair Medical, and Fr Kev and how he came South to revisit the Irish Channel where he was born, that sort of thing We go to St Mary's Assumption Church We see Fr Kev all the time ¡¯

" 'I'll tell you why Fr Kevin came South,' she said 'He came South because we needed him Oh, there's so much I wish I could tell you, but I can't And when I saw you in the Grand Lu Goblin, I thought, God, you've answered iven e things with¡¯

"She began to cry

" 'Mona, you can tell me! Listen, you can confide in me completely ' I kissed her tears 'Don't cry, Mona,' I pleaded 'I can't stand it, seeing you cry ¡¯

" 'I don't doubt you, Quinn,' she said She sat up in the bed, and I sat with her 'I'm not sure Ophelia actually cries in the play, does she? Maybe crying is what keeps people fros that can't be told,' she went on, 'and there are things that nobody can do anything about ¡¯

" 'It's always beenGoblin It would have been very easy at a certain age forGoblin I could have maybe sent Goblin away to wherever he cahost who haunts er, the man who beat s come out I believe we have to do that ¡¯

"I handed her the paper tissues from the bedside table I took another and wiped at her tears

" 'I know I' to marry you, Mona,' I said suddenly 'I know it I know it's my destiny ¡¯

" 'Quinn,' sh