Esther’s attention was caught by the folder Elvera had placed in the safe the previous night. She took it out and started to open it. “Do something other than watch me search the safe.” She drew in a sharp breath as she read the words along the top of the first piece of paper inside the folder. Last will and testament.
“There isn’t exactly anything to do around here. What we should be doing, is running. And not looking back.”
She made a vague gesture, as if waving him away. “Count the folders in the bottom drawer of the last filing cabinet. Do something useful.” The rest of the words she would have spoken vanished from her mind. Elvera was leaving everything to her? Shock raced through her. It was all true. She was the next body Elvera planned to steal. Anger followed on the heels of the
