There was no way to drive around to the back without being noticed by anyone there. Todd didn’t want to take the chance they’d be recognized, so he kept on driving past the church and turned the nearest corner. He continued until they were beyond the first cross street and pulled the carriage to the side of the street.
Todd twisted on the bench and slung one arm over its back. “We’ll be less conspicuous if we go back on foot,” he said.
“I take it you two have been inside that church?” Heidi asked.
“We have. That’s where we…ah…found the sacrosanct oil,” Todd said. He jumped down from the carriage, turned, and offered Heidi a hand. “I was only on the main floor. Nick got to the lower level, though.”
Heidi’s only response to that was to raise one eyebrow and murmur, “Hmm.”
Nick still sat
