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So damned independent. There was no weaseling out of this. After Hannah's call he had literally rolled out of bed and into a pairof jeans and a sweatshirt. The parking lot was empty except for Olie's old rusted-outChevy van.

Megan parked, cringing as the Lumina's engine knocked and rattled beforegoing silent. With what motive?Father Tom had explained as much as he could in the Deer Lake CommunityHospital E. I presume him to be innocent, therefore he can Mpm --1 @_ U. ControL A prized word in Megan's vocabulary.