Chapter 7
Or, rather, we had a twin to find. Because Luke caught my elbow as I eased away from him.
“And the third member of our party?”
I’m not quite sure how it happened. But ten minutes later, Grace, Luke, and I were alone on the sidewalk, released from an investigation that had everyone else cooped up inside telling their stories over and over and over.
We maintained our unity until clipboard lady reentered the double doors between the tall white columns. Then we shattered into three jaggedly uneven parts.
“My car is this way.” Luke’s voice was like warm toffee flowing across me. Unfortunately, Grace wasn’t a fan of the sticky sweet.
“Thanks for the ride offer,” she told Luke rather than following him down the block in the direction he’d indicated. “But we’ve gotta run.”
The sha
