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"Pellini?"

His head dipped in a whisper of a nod "He was one"

"Do I need to watch out for you?"

His gaze returned to me "I think htening his eyes He leaned against the car and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, then tilted the pack o talk to Miss Lida now?"

I blinked, feeling as if I’d been in some sort of bizarre thrall "Um, yeah I want to let her know--"

"And see her reaction," Knight finished with a nod He lit a cigarette and took a long draw on it "I wouldn’t ain, especially if you don’t want to bother the agents"

The shiestion surprised me "Yeah," I said slowly "That would be cool" I lifted e

Adam Taylor’s coer Peeler Det Knight is w/to talk to Lida Will touch base w/ you after

I hit the send and looked up to see Knight’s eyes on iveatto talk to Ryan, but heWas he telepathic? Or ?

"I’rinned when I raised an eyebrow at hi that"

"So what are you?" I challenged Enough of being kept in the dark

He shrugged "I can sense things It’s hard to explain"

"Clairvoyant?"

He shook his head, then shrugged again "I dunno I get vibes fro at the" He looked away again, and I wasn’t sure if he was looking at the distant figure of Jill "Sometimes I can tell what caused it"

"Sounds awful," I blurted before I could stop myself

He turned back to round and twisted it out with his foot "Shall we go talk to this singer of ours?"

Chapter 24

A co woe who clearly shared sier She was short and petite with pale blond hair pulled up into a high ponytail, heavy s in both ears Worry filled her eyes as she took in our badges and official bearing "Y’all are here to talk to Lida?"

"Yes, ma’am," I replied "And you are?"

"I’m Nikki I’m a friend of Lida’s" She stepped back and opened the door to allow us in "She was super freaked out last night after she heard about Ada the door behind us "She called ht with her since her uncle’s out of town" Nikki shuddered "I er died and she never realized it"

"It was a tragedy," I said "Is Lida here?"

The blond ponytail bobbed as she nodded "She’s upstairs She’s been crying one to check on him, maybe she could have helped" Nikki’s lower lip quivered

"You were here with her all night?" I asked

"Yeah I tried to keep her distractedordered pizza, watched pay-per-view, that sort of thing" She bit her lip "You really gotta talk to her now? She’s a bit of a ently, "but it’s very important"

The worry in Nikki’s eyes deepened as she searched our faces "It’s more bad news, isn’t it? Should ICan I stick around if it is? I don’t think she should be by herself"

"It ood idea for you to stick around," I told her

Her face fell "God The poor thing"

"It’s only the two of you here?" Knight asked "Where’s her brother?"