By the time dinner was ready, Kave still hadn’t shown up. I tried not to let it bother me, but I couldn’t help feeling a little… abandoned.
Karrie sighed and shook her head. “Elaine, can you go fetch the men from the office? Knowing them, they’re probably so buried in whatever they’re doing that they’ll never come out on their own.”
“Sure,” I said, though I hesitated. “Can you point me in the right direction?” The thought of wandering around more of this house—this strange territory—didn’t exactly thrill me, but I didn’t want to look weak by refusing.
Helen gasped. “You mean Kave hasn’t even shown you around the house yet?”
Heat crept into my cheeks. I shoved my hands into my pockets and gave a little shrug. “He planned to but…”
“That man! He gets so tied up in his work it’s ridiculou
