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it’s being expressed to my conscious mind.”
    “That makes you sound quite mad.”
    “So what is it?”
    “Am I supposed to make it easy for you?”
    Checking her watch, Jane tried to keep from letting her annoyance show. “I have to get back soon.”
    “Do you believe your husband?” Caitlin asked with a faint smile. “Do you think you did something so monumentally stupid and unprofessional as blabbing about the knife that was used to kill Mel? Or do you think he took a peek at your phone?”
    “I think…” Looking over her shoulder, Jane checked once again that no-one could see her. “I think I’m standing in a parking lot,” she added finally, turning back to Caitlin, “talking to myself. If anyone sees me or hears me, they’ll think I’ve lost my mind.”
    “Maybe you have,” Caitlin replied. “Or maybe this is the most sane way to work through things. You didn’t blab to Jack, that’s all just a load of rubbish. You know full well that you’re far too professional to do anything like that. He looked in your phone.”
    “I can’t be sure of that.”
    “You know it’s true. Deep down, you know he took a look while you were showering, or during the night. If you still won’t accept it, plant some false details on there tonight and wait to see if they show up in the paper.”
    “I’m not setting a trap for my husband.”
    “Not even to clear his name?”
    “Is that why you’re here? To taunt me?”
    “I don’t know. You’re the one who conjured me up out of thin air, you must have had a reason. The real Caitlin Somers has been dead for nine years, remember? Her body’s moldering in the ground, and her mind… Well, depending on your belief system, her mind either ceased to exist, or she moved on to the afterlife.” She paused, as if she was waiting for Jane’s reaction. “Or are you starting to have doubts? Are you starting to think that maybe I might be a ghost after all?”
    Jane shook her head.
    “Good,” Caitlin continued, “because that would be crazy.” She paused again. “You need to recognize the fact that the simplest explanation is almost always the right one.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “It means you’re in danger of over-complicating things. Meanwhile, the guy who killed Mel Armitage is still around somewhere.”
    “Unless Alex is right and it was just someone passing through.”
    “You don’t believe that for a second.”
    Jane paused. “No, I don’t.”
    “He’ll kill again, you know,” Caitlin continued. “That’s the other reason I came to see you today. He’s not done yet. I promise you, he’ll kill again.” She looked up at the clear blue sky. “The stars ordain it.”
    “The stars?” Jane looked up for a moment. “The stars don’t have anything to do with it. No-one else is going to die, because Alex and I are going to -”
    Looking back at Caitlin, she realized that the girl was gone.
    ***
    “You didn’t get these from me,” Doctor Tomlin whispered as he slid an envelope over to Jack. “Remember, I could lose my license if people find out what I’m doing, and the next medical examiner might not be so willing to cooperate with the press.”
    “I’m not going to tell anyone,” Jack replied, glancing at the bar to make sure Greg wasn’t watching, before taking some cash from his pocket and slipping it to Tomlin. “I appreciate this, man. The police have been no use at all.”
    “Isn’t your wife half the local police force?” Tomlin asked.
    “Touchy subject, man,” Jack muttered as he opened the envelope and peered inside. “Is this the full autopsy report on Mel Armitage?”
    “Minus photos.”
    “Why minus photos?”
    “Because if those got out, people would definitely start looking at me funny. At least with information, there’s the possibility that you’re just guessing.”
    “So what’s the gist of all this?” Jack asked. “Is the guy who killed Mel the same guy who killed Caitlin and the others?”
    “Hard