Mariah wandered through the house, wondering at the man who lived here. He was in the office, she heard the awkward clack of the computer keyboard as, from the sound of it, he hunted and pecked for each key. The cabin she"d been given when she first arrived had been new and professionally decorated, meant for function and serviceability but impersonal. This place though was different. It gave her a sensation of welcome, of home. Nearly everything was older, in fact the only thing she spotted that were obviously bought in the last five years was the tv in the front room. It was a flat panel model, but not an expensive one, not even as expensive as the one in her apartment. From the moment she"d first walked into this house she"d felt it, now she was trying to figure out exactly what it wa

