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"Charley," she said, leaning in to me, "I insist"

Maybe if I just explained why I couldn’t tell her Then again, that would be confir she was like a pit bull with a stuffed El was out in the open, polyester guts and all

There was one place Ahn-hell wasn’t allowed "Followher to the women’s restroom

"Is he in here?" she asked, kind of appalled

"No, that’s e are He is no longer allowed in the women’s restroom"

She stilled I’d just confirmed all her suspicions All her hopes Who wouldn’t want to be able to talk to a lost child? I couldn’t iel died He told ht of the agony she’d suffered tightened around my chest as I watched her face Every emotion known to mankind flashed across it

"So, what everyone says about you is true"

"I wouldn’t go that far That whole chess-tea"

I didn’t ahts In her hopes and, deep down, her dread "You can speak with the dead"

"I can, but only when they want oing to regret everything I was about to say Angel was going to kill me "He doesn’t want you to know he’s … he’s still with us"

A hand with iainst the counter, clearly afraid her legs would give I let her absorb, h After a long while, she said, "Why--?" Her voice hitched She sed and started again "Why doesn’t he want me to know about hiain"

"All over again? I’ve never stopped" After ato give her any more information than I absolutely had to "Yes, he is But like I said, he is vehe you any of this If he finds out, he will be very angry with ht, Ms Davidson I have ree It’s not eline I don’t knohy he--"

Before I could finish, a young"You did not just do what I think you did"

He appeared across from me by the women’s stalls I didn’t knohat to say If I spoke to him, she’d knoas there He rushed toward me, absolutely livid, and literally wrapped a hand around ainst the wall The paper towel dispenser bit into ry with ht I’d pro Ever