And why was Dorset looking back at the Potts house? Noble should have tried harder not to have any familiarity. It was too much to hope he'd get lucky and Billy Darrow would show up. He was just going to have to give it another minute and say that maybe Darrow had forgotten.

"Ford?" Noble said, with a more authentic smile at the mention of his brother. "Something to do with spirits, or just out and about?" Ford always had something going on, even when he didn't tell Noble about it.

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