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her hair behind her ear with her pinkie finger,? Jason began. The

truck pulled out and Lucas and Jason jumped onto it. They eased

themselves inside as the truck sped off into the punishing wind and

rain.

?Then Cass said she kept seeing flashes of several different women,

over and over,? Jason continued. ?She didn?t know why she

was having visions about women that she didn?t recognize and that

didn?t seem to have anything to do with each other. It took a while,

but Cass finally noticed that they all had exactly the same way of

putting their hair behind their ear, like a nervous tic. Because of

that, Cass realized that they were all the same person, and the

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most persistent vision she kept having was of one of these woman

waiting for Helen at her house like she lived there.?

?The woman let herself into Helen?s house with her own key and

turned on the TV like she?d done it a million times, so at first Cass

didn?t think there was any danger. Probably a relative Helen never

mentioned, right?? Hector interjected. ?It wasn?t until just a few

seconds before you walked in the door that she put it all together

and knew that she had been seeing Helen?s attacker all day long.

We tried to call you. . . .?

?But I had my phone shut off,? Lucas finished for him, adding a

foul curse on the end. ?What did the woman waiting at Helen?s

house look like?? Lucas asked urgently, trying to get a mental image

of the threat. ?Is she that brunette? Or the old woman who attacked

Kate??

?Neither. Cassandra said she was unbelievably beautiful. Like

Helen,? Jason replied.

?Not just beautiful like Helen?you?re telling it wrong, dumbass,?

Hector interrupted. He wove through traffic like a madman,