CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
Riley felt puzzled when she arrived at the address that she, Bill, and Jake were looking for. It certainly didn’t look like the lair of a serial killer. A sign in front of the property read …
Shaffer Family Farm
pony rides
baby animals
organic produce
Riley pulled the car into a large parking area to one side of an attractive, three-story farmhouse. Everything around them looked so incredibly picturesque that she could hardly believe it was real. It was spring in rural Virginia, and the landscape was astonishingly green and fresh. This seemed like another world and an earlier, more innocent time.
When she and her companions got out of the car, a baby goat came dancing toward her. She drew her hand back when the animal tried to nibble her fingers.
She heard a chil
