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CHAPTER9They stuffed me in the back of a cop car then watched the shed burn to theground. Eventually, firemen put water on the smoking debris, but not beforemy arms went numb. I thought about what I’d almost done. ZebulonFaith. Not Danny. Feet drumming clay and the fierce satisfaction I’d felt as thelife began to fade out of him. I could have killed him.I felt like that should trouble me.The air in the car grew close, and I watched the sun rise. Grantham pokedthrough the soaking ash with a white-haired fireman. They picked up objectsand then let them fall. Robin’s car rolled out of the trees an hour after dawn.She passed me on the cratered road, and lifted a hand from the wheel. Shespoke for a long time with Detective Grantham, who pointed at things amidthe ruin, then at the fire marshal, who came over and spoke some more. Severaltimes they looked at me, and Grantham refused to hide his displeasure. Afterabout ten minutes, Robin got into her car and Grantham walked uphill towhere I sat in his. He opened my door.“Out,” he said.72