undertaker in. During the time that took, Caroline looked alternately from Leah’s face to Ginny’s. Leah looked terrified. Caroline rounded the bed and held her. Twice, when she’d been with the prosecutor’s office, she had been present during the removal of a body. She knew what to expect. Leah didn’t. The undertaker and his assistant, even in as small a town as Downlee, were all neatly combed hair, pressed funereal suits, and polished black shoes. Beyond that, there were no similarities whatsoever to those other experiences Caroline had. By the time Ginny’s body had been covered, transferred
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