6
Dazed, I overhear bits and pieces of conversation as the old people murmur to one another.
“So it’s true,” someone says.
“Unbelievable,” someone else whispers.
Their discussions would’ve riveted me had I not been overcome by dread.
Mom is in trouble. I can’t think of anything but that. Lucy’s tough, but she does have a dangerous job. Could the threat be coming from some scumbag she put away during her long career as a detective? From someone who just got out of jail and is hell-bent on revenge? Mimir mentioned clues. Could one of them be some case she told me about at some point?
The idea that it’s a case she investigated sticks in my mind. Even if I’ve consciously forgotten about it, Mimir was able to access the information and use it to warn me. But for the life of me, I can’t re
