Eva placed the necklace on the casket, resting her hand across the wood. “I"m sorry I wasn"t there for you, Dad. I"m sorry you had to see me the way you did. I"ve had no choice in any of this. I miss you.” She held back the tears, but the regret left her somber.
Shining the flashlight around the crypt revealed nothing. The walls were clean, the floor clear. Of course, it was never easy. “All sorts of peculiar objects?” Eva said aloud to the empty room. Moving past the coffin, Eva used the flashlight to follow the contours of the room. She stopped.
The air began to grow cold and there was less light coming in from the doorway. Eva shone the light at the entrance for a moment. A reflection to the right caught her eye, a perfectly symmetrical five-pointed star. She crossed the room to exami
