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take Noah’s place,” Jackson said while looking at Kat.
    “What do you mean you’ll take Noah’s place? He’s fine. I can work with him.”
    “Yes, I know you can; however, if they both disappear into a room, and we walk back out together, they will think we are them. And that way they can both go home and get some rest. You know Lexi will be on pins and needles waiting for Noah to get back. This way, the one who’s got a bun in the oven can sleep.”
    Kat didn’t want to admit it, but he had a point. “Fine.”
    “Well now, since that is all settled, time for the fun stuff. What kind of costume should we dress up in? Maybe we should get Grams and the ladies up here. I’m sure they’d have plenty of ideas!” Jackson said.
    Kat shivered at what they might come up with, the only saving grace was that it would have to look exactly the same with two different couples wearing it.

    Jeremy pulled at his ears. Every day this week, something had been off in his room. This wasn’t right. He knew he left things a certain way, and now it was wrong. Everything was wrong. Kill the bitches. He had to find them and kill them. That would make everything right. They shouldn’t be allowed to live. If he could just kill them, he’d be able to make Anthony suffer and he would be free. Free to move on and kill others. He had to kill. There were so many more to kill.

    She had the photos of his journal developed and went over them again and again, putting them all in order, almost like a book. This was exactly what she needed. She could say she knew his soul now, knew it almost as well as her own. It was so close to time. Her hands shook with anticipation, wondering what it would be like to slide the knife into him and watch his blood flow from his body. Wondering what his body would be like once it was an empty shell devoid of its twisted soul.
    Shaking her head, so she didn’t get lost on that train of thought, she began to plan what to do next in order to play with Jeremy. She needed to make him pay, make him hurt, just as he’d hurt all of those women.
     

 
     
    It was strangely quiet in the house. Lexi and Noah were at a doctor’s appointment while Evie and Anthony were over at the cottage getting some work done on their businesses. Lucky for them, the Troublesome Trio was over at the senior center. That left Kat alone with Jackson to go over the information they had. Again. She was so bored by the whole thing and just wanted it to be over. How many times could you look at the same piece of paper expecting to find something different?
    Throwing the papers on the table, she stood up and started pacing the room. “This is ridiculous. It says the same damn thing it did yesterday, and the day before that. There is nothing new. Why are we even doing this?”
    “Because we might see something differently. It’s happened before.”
    “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen anything different.”
    “Well, what do you suggest we do?”
    She knew what she wanted to do. She didn’t give in to it years ago; she’d been strong enough to leave him even though she’d wanted more. She sure as hell wasn’t going to give in now. Sitting down next to him, staring at the map laid out, she said, “I don’t know.”
    He reached over and started massaging her shoulders. “Come on, just relax, something will come to you.”
    His fingers on her tight muscles felt like heaven. She could feel the tension leaving her body at his magical touch. Her vision started to blur as she looked at the map marked with the places Jeremy had been sighted. Shaking her head and sitting up straight, she turned to Jackson. “I know what we can do.”
    “Now you’re talking. I’m up for anything.”
    Seeing the look in his eyes, she knew he wasn’t talking about searching for Jeremy. Locking that image away, she continued, “What if we start looking at places where he could be staying? You know he’s not going to be that far away. He’ll want