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When she got back to Bill’s, she would pack up. In the morning, she was out of there.

Chapter Ten
    While still at Ruth’s, Rifter got the text that Cyd had found the tapes and passed them off to Cain, who’d run them back to the Dire house. Stray and Vice would watch it and report back while Rifter and Jinx would get the PNR crew back to their house.
    Sam still hadn’t heard word one from Kyle, but according to Cain, there had been no other murders in the area tonight.
    Rifter knew Jinx would deal with Marley—in fact, Jinx insisted Marley ride with him, and Rifter was lucky enough to be Bill’s escort. Keeping them separate for now was very important—if Marley spilled anything to Bill . . .
    Well shit, who knew what would happen. Rifter hoped everything would become clearer when the men watched the unedited tape.
    “Where’s Bill?” he asked Sam now as the Were walked by him balancing heavy cable and cameras without breaking a sweat.
    “On the back porch, phone attached to his ear,” Sam said, muttered something about humans and continued to the van.
    Rifter waved to Jinx to head off and went to grab Bill. The man needed to be smarter about being alone anywhere if he was truly worried about a Were attack, although Rifter was beginning to suspect Bill wasn’t all that worried.
    He found Bill pacing but off the phone.
    “Time to head out,” he told Bill, who acted like he hadn’t heard what Rifter said, instead launching into his own tirade.
    “Two major networks want to air the tape in special evening reports. Two cable stations want to build a series around it. And TMZ just called.” He waved the phone around and Rifter tried to figure out what the fuck the man was building toward.
    But Bill slumped his shoulders forward and Rifter smelled the fear wafting over everything as he stuffed his phone back in his pocket.
    “You must’ve been waiting for this moment for years,” Rifter pointed out. “So I’m guessing these are all good things?”
    Bill looked decidedly unhappy. Rifter wondered if his conscience was finally catching up to him.
    It wouldn’t matter. They still had to prove he was a fraud even though the fraud had finally gotten lucky enough to catch a rare supernatural event on tape.
    “Yes, for sure,” Bill answered finally. “I’ve just got to make the right decision.”
    “Let’s get you home. Sounds like you have a lot to think on.” Rifter motioned to the truck. “Not the best time of night to be out.”
    “When you get past three in the morning, the paranormal world is really calm,” Bill told him, but complied by walking toward the van and getting into the passenger’s seat.
    Right. Three a.m. was Vice’s favorite time for mayhem.
    “I can really learn a lot from you,” Rifter told Bill as he walked him to the car.

Chapter Eleven
    Jinx checked his phone when he pulled up to the PNR Center. According to the text, Rifter was going to give him plenty of time alone with Marley. He’d stopped with Bill to grab some fast food, and Bill was using Rifter as a sounding board for his career.
    And he’s not shutting up , the next text read.
    Suddenly, Jinx was more than thrilled to be the ghost whisperer. He got Marley inside safely and let the cameramen return the equipment to the first floor storage area under Sam’s watchful eye.
    “You staying around tonight?” Jinx asked the Were.
    “Got a nice spot on the top of the hill,” Sam said. “Just make sure your friends know me.”
    “You’ve already met Cyd—he’ll be doing foot patrol tonight,” Jinx said. “We won’t forget this, you know.”
    Sam nodded stiffly. “Kyle’s been my best friend since forever. I have a feeling he’s not coming back.”
    Jinx had a stronger feeling that the Were was indeed returning, but he didn’t tell Sam that. Instead, he let Sam go about his business as he went to search out Marley, who hadn’t stayed inside as he’d told her to.
    But instead of lecturing her on the