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We explain the problem to Alexander.
He gives Zaciriel a case of clothing his size.
The correspondence: letters between 8 members referring to the master plan. There are a number of Sutherlands not converted Osirah and Sarah. A. is referred to as protecting them.
All of those people live in the same house. Osirah and Sara also live at the same house.
John and Samuel are involved but do not live at the house.
We walk to the car it is a big convertible. We drive to Mr. Cheese's house of pies.
We order blueberry, banana cream and pork pies. All arrive as pork pies. Zaciriel uses I tell you 3 times on the waitress to tell her that it is not a banana cream pie. She takes the pie away and returns with another pork. She is able to provide real bananas and blueberries. Alexander checks on the waitresses social position with his Resonance.
Ariel is at the super 8. she reads the report.
Davis and Mariel order from Rothsteins.
We go back to the hotel. Someone is sitting in the room. It is Ariel. She was sent by Nashur. Introductions are made.
The tooth was hidden so that no one could identify the bodies.
All the other restaurants check out OK.
Drive out to Donald Hardsgrove's farm. Zaciriel screws up and tells Alexander to lie. He gains a point of dissonance. Alexander interviews Donald about nepotism. He claims Mordecai aimed the car and him and Judge Zebulon Sutherland dismissed the case.
Mordecai aimed the car at him because he is a soulless killer and has been since he was born. They leave.
Go to courthouse. Looking at Sutherland birth records. All dates places them 20 - 40 years old. There are no children (among the biblical). About 70 years ago there is another set, about the same. No connections between mom-child, no patterns evident. Last birth certificates for Osirah and Sarah 1830's. Never more than 15 alive at one time.
The manor is a giant plantation house set back from the road, lots of grounds. no visible cars. no fence, no dogs.
Mariel: Do you every think you should take more chances since you are a favored servant of god?
Abunal: Chances aren't really in my portfolio.
Abunal ask where are they? 34 Sutherland place. It is a graveyard. Sarah and Osirah were husband and wife. Died 1855.
Mariel goes to the plantation house. He investigates the barn in the back. There is an old house nearby. The barn is in bad shape, half the roof is missing, doors sag. Mariel checks for a cellar. There is none. He goes over to the abandoned house. It is 1 story, made of logs, no roof. Stone chimney, stone floor. There is a storm Celle, with no doors.
Goes to the big house. It has no basement either. Mariel climbs the house and find the 3rd floor windows locked. He continues to the roof. Abunal follows. They climb down.
Go to the graveyard. Mordecai's tomb opens easily for Zaciriel. There is a body with no teeth. The body is hidden there so that the casket had weight. Same with Esther.
Zebulon was the most recent to die. In 95. It opens easily. Body is dessicated and stiff, could be an older version of the photoed Zebulon. The true name of the person in the casket is Joseph Sutherland. His relationship to his family keep him in chains his whole life. The last joint of each finger is cut of. Under his head are 10 finger bones, with no skin unlike the rest of Joseph. Finger were removed at time of death.
Davis is given orders than no one is to be dug up from the graveyard.
Mariel is told to find a way to dig up Osirah and Sarah.
They go to town, get bolt cutters, break into the shed and dig up Osirah an Sarah. It is not Osirah, but it is Sara. She is not a person but he is. They are brother and sister.