she placed a single red rose on the grave that she had purchased before she left town and stood silently looking at the cold stone marker wondering what might have been different in her life had he not died so suddenly and he had married her great-grandmother . she returned to her car and did a lot of thinking on her short trip back to the lodge . she had all the pieces of the story in place and it seemed clear to her now that she was in fact dealing with the spirit of austin , but she could n't understand why his spirit was still at the
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