They walked in the front door, listening. There were no sounds in the house. Mitch went to the stairs and started going up.
“I"ll wait for you here,” Todd assured him. Mostly because he didn"t feel comfortable going upstairs in case his sister-in-law wasn"t decent. He was sure his brother felt the same.
But when Mitch came down a few minutes later, he came alone.
“I can"t find her anywhere,” he said.
“You checked the whole upstairs?”
Mitch nodded.
Both brothers looked at the door leading to the basement. Neither one wanted to voice what they were thinking, but each one knew the other"s thoughts anyway.
They stood there for a long time, each daring the other to go first or waiting for a better explanation as to where Deanna may have gone.
Neither of them could think of one.
“You go
