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Her brow furrowed “Go on”

“You ift, you could say—an ability” I drew in a deep breath to stop raot to the point “The reason we found Hannah was because I talked to her ghost”

Her eyes widened “You did what?”

“I know it’s totally crazy, but she had a e for you that she wanted me to relay”

“What did she say to you?” she whispered

“That she always heard you read to her at nighttime and loved every minute of it”

A moment passed before Mrs Reid’s eyes filled with tears and her lip quivered “How do you know I read to her?”

“I know because she told ht “Don’t try to understand it all, just know that she ith you all these years and she’s in heaven now”

Tears leaked fro to pretend to understand how you know I read to Hannah every night in her room since her disappearance, but without y’all, we never would have found her” She squeezedto believe what you’re tellingme know she has found her peace”

Mr Reid approached then and wrapped an aro back to the house now—our guests will be waiting”

“Yes, of course” Mrs Reid releasedthis with me”

My breath hitched as I forced myself not to fall to pieces in her arhed, taking one glance at Kipp before I raised my hands to my face and burst into tears Maybeoverdue

A cold breeze swept across ht now”

I dropped my hands and looked at Kipp “It can’t kill you—you’re already dead”

He frowned “That’s not funny”