Chapter Four
Lia Walks a Lonely Road, the Only Road That She Has Ever Known
We’ve heard so much about Lia, I’m sure you’re just dying to meet her (figuratively, of course—it is important to make that distinction, because there will be a lot of literal death in this story). So let’s take a trip over to another neighborhood in Elsinore, a less affluent neighborhood than Ham’s. Don’t get me wrong—there isn’t a single neighborhood in Elsinore that isn’t affluent. The only difference is that Ham’s neighborhood has mansions and Lia’s neighborhood has McMansions. Lia’s house is actually very expensive, but it is not a multimillion dollar Gilded Age estate. It’s plain and white, with a spacious, sloping lawn in front and a small expanse of woodsy yard in the back. It looks nearly identical to se
