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Seeing Lexie was supposed to bring clarity, but Brian’s head was more frazzled than ever, especially after Karen had bumbled her way into his business. And what was with Lexie telling him to be a hero? What wasn’t she telling him? What the hell did she think was inside that old house? Brian wanted to return to the house, like really badly, and he trusted Lexie, had already come to think of her as a friend, but the PI was a big guy, an intimidating guy, a guy who had warned Brian to stay the f**k away. Those hadn’t been his exact words, but they might as well have been. And old Ted packed a punch. Not just with his words but his fists. Brian knew that first-hand and wasn’t eager to experience anything like that again. Before doing anything rash, Brian wanted to learn more about the hous
