The three different teenage boys targeted by arson. The escalating damage of the fires. The original label of vandalism, then arson, then serial arson. And although gasoline was a common accelerant, its repeated use in those arson incidents made up part of the pattern. “The investigation report covering our fire said there was no link found to those other arson events. But what if there was a link, Griff?” “Like what? There was no teenage boy in your house.” “I know that. But the place next to us was for sale, empty. And the site of our fire was between the two houses.” “But there was no teenage boy in the empty house either,” Griff said reasonably. “Would you quit being so darned logical!” She tried again. “The police never found who caused those other fires.” Griff nodded. “But there were no more arson incidents after your parents’ fire.” “Maybe that shocked the arsonist into quitting—because people died in our fire,” she speculated. “The question is, why there’ve been three arson fires now, since I came back to town.
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