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You pull the door open. By the fragrant aroma, you know that you have found the cedar closet! You’ve almost forgotten about ghosts as you hurry to the back of the closet, if you can call it that- it’s as big as a small room. You shine your light on the panel next to the floor at the right rear corner. Kneeling down, you take your pocketknife and insert a blade edge between the floor and the panel. Your heart leaps as the panel flips open. You pull it back and shine you r light on a small leather box. You unlatch the lid and lift it up. The box is filled with diamonds- all glistening and sparkling in the beam of your flashlight! Then you feel the presence-this time close behind you. You whirl your light around. A sack descends over your head. Powerful hands squeeze over your throat. Everything goes black The end
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