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Startled, Kat heard the clock chi down her spine

The doors to the patio were no longer open; she was in the house with two fellow agents and no one else There was no reason to have such a feeling, except…

She saw an elderlybefore her Tall and erect, clean-shaven with snohite hair His eyes were sad and his cheeks sagged heavily

She knew that face; she had come to know the face and form of Austin Miller as he’d lain on the autopsy table

"You see me, my dear?" he whispered, and his words were both hopeful and pained

No matter how many times she’d seen the dead, it was always a shock

She had so wanted to see this man To speak with him…

"Yes," she said, her voice treo as an accident!"

"No, sir, I will not," she told him

"You’ll see that justice is done?"

"Yes" She stared at him "But we need your help, sir We believe that someone came upon you, terrified you--and knocked your arm when you reached for your pills Can you tell me who did it?"

He nodded solemnly

"Who?"

"The mummy," he said "The ?" Will asked, looking up as Tyler came to stand in the bedroouest roos, statues and knickknacks, y, and sole piece of clothing and there’s not a scrap of paper with any notes I’ve opened every jar and looked in every vase and…not a thing"

"What did you find when you searched the property?" Will asked

"Nothing, but I noted the sarass that you did--near the section of here you found the scrap of gauze and the broken statue I’d definitely agree that someone crawled over the wall and ca in here?"

"Too s to be held at the house and a ‘note to self: pressure Chicago Ancient History Preservation Center’ Obviously, they didn’t need to pressure them a lot Brady Laurie was so excited that healone Maybe he and Dr Channel had the sa of A someone that she’d ‘find it,’ or words to that effect She told Kat she was talking about a CD, but she’s an iffy character, to say the least"

"Logan has our Krewe looking up backgrounds on everyone involved, so if there’s so we should know about her, we should know it soon," Tyler said "How can I help you in here?"

"Take the dresser," Will suggested

As Tyler walked toward it, Will’s cell phone rang He answered it ian"

"We’re still at Austin Miller’s house," Will told hi e information for you That material you found--on the wall at the hotel and then at Miller’s house"

"The gauzy stuff that looks like "

"I sent it to an expert in DC early this o"

"What is it? A prop fro"

"What do you yptian He estidon of Ramses II"

"What?"