Now You See Me (24 page)

They’v
e
discovere
d
Justine’
s
bod
y,
an
d
there’
s
somethin
g
od
d
abou
t
th
e
newspape
r
report
s.
It’
s
bee
n
day
s
an
d
the
y
haven’
t
foun
d
anythin
g
o
r
arreste
d
anyon
e.I
fel
t
al
l
alon
g
tha
t
Justin
e
wa
s
a
mistak
e.I
though
t
i
t
wa
s
finishe
d
wit
h
fo
r
a
whil
e;I
though
t
I
wa
s
saf
e.
Farrel
l
wa
s
convicte
d
an
d
the
y
neve
r
ha
d
a
doub
t
abou
t
Jessi
e
Stratto
n,
th
e
on
e
afte
r
Belind
a.
Th
e
mother’
s
boyfrien
d
wen
t
dow
n
fo
r
tha
t
on
e,
a
s
I’
d
planne
d.
N
o-
on
e
questione
d
i
t.
I
t
mad
e
th
e
paper
s
fo
r
a
fe
w
day
s
an
d
wa
s
forgotte
n
.

Eve
n
i
f
thing
s
hadn’
t
change
d
a
s
the
y
hav
e,I
woul
d
hav
e
trie
d
t
o
hol
d
of
f
fo
r
a
whil
e.I
wa
s
alarme
d
alread
y
a
t
ho
w
ofte
n
th
e
demon
s
ha
d
com
e
thi
s
yea
r,
ho
w
frequentl
y
I
ha
d
t
o
ac
t.
Fou
r
time
s
i
n
nin
e
month
s.
Las
t
yea
r
onl
y
on
e
al
l
yea
r.
Th
e
yea
r
befor
e,
tw
o.
Thre
e
th
e
mos
t
i
n
an
y
on
e
yea
r
befor
e
tha
t.
I’v
e
bee
n
becomin
g
afrai
d
tha
t
I
wa
s
i
n
th
e
gri
p
o
f
a
snowballin
g
effec
t
tha
t
wa
s
ou
t
o
f
m
y
contro
l,
puttin
g
m
e
i
n
som
e
classifiabl
e
categor
y,
drawin
g
m
e
i
n
t
o
thei
r
predictabl
e
statistic
s
.

I
ha
d
Justin
e
i
n
m
y
sight
s,
hu
t
I’
d
decide
d
no
t
t
o
act ye
t.
I
f
a
t
al
l.
Becaus
e
thing
s
wer
e
changin
g
fo
r
m
e
an
d
I
though
t
th
e
demon
s
migh
t
no
t
com
e
agai
n.
Bu
t
I
wasn’
t
quit
e
certai
n
o
f
th
e
chang
e,
an
d
ther
e
wer
e
thos
e
fe
w
week
s
o
f
tensio
n,
o
f
waitin
g,
whe
n
I
wa
s
mor
e
vulnerabl
e
tha
n
I
though
t.I
kep
t
a
n
ey
e
o
n
Justin
e,
thoug
h,
ou
t
o
f
habi
t
mor
e
tha
n
anythin
g,
an
d
suddenl
y
ther
e
wa
s
tha
t
nigh
t.
Sh
e
cam
e
straigh
t
u
p
t
o
m
e
an
d
aske
d
i
f
I’
d
hel
p
he
r
ru
n
awa
y.
Sh
e
recognise
d
m
e
a
s
a
n
all
y
.

Ther
e
wer
e
peopl
e
i
n
th
e
stree
t;I
tol
d
he
r
wher
e
t
o
mee
t
m
e
an
d
walke
d
awa
y.
Eve
n
the
n
I
hope
d
sh
e
woul
d
no
t
fin
d
th
e
plac
e,
bu
t
sh
e
di
d.
Whe
n
I
sa
w
he
r
brav
e
littl
e
figur
e
walkin
g
pas
t
th
e
wrecke
d
building
s
throug
h
th
e
debri
s
o
f
th
e
abandone
d
sit
e
I
accepte
d
tha
t
i
t
wa
s
inevitabl
e
.

I
wa
s
gentl
e
wit
h
he
r,
a
s
I
alway
s
a
m
gentl
e
wit
h
the
m.
Whe
n
he
r
eye
s
close
d
finall
y
I
ha
d
a
swif
t
frisso
n
o
f
thinkin
g
tha
t
sh
e
kne
w
an
d
tha
t
sh
e
didn’
t
min
d.
Tha
t
sh
e
ha
d
deliberatel
y
com
e
t
o
m
e
fo
r
thi
s.
Sh
e
looke
d
s
o
peacefu
l;
th
e
hars
h,
prematurel
y
adul
t
line
s
o
f
worr
y
an
d
fea
r
wer
e
smoothe
d
ou
t
an
d
sh
e
looke
d
fo
r
onc
e
lik
e
th
e
chil
d
sh
e
wa
s.I
gav
e
he
r
tha
t
an
d
I
wa
s
thankfu
l
.