Chapter Twenty-SixSea Scope: Twenty years ago
After the whispering and questioning died down, Sea Scope fell silent, but it was a silence that echoed through the halls and out onto the grounds. Glen told Sarah that the scientific term for something under the surface ready to explode was dormant. That's how the inn felt to Sarah a week after Michael's death as she walked through the garden with Wendy. Ms. Wilson wasn't feeling well, so Aunt Julie asked the girls to pick fresh flowers to replace the dead ones in some of the rooms. It wouldn't be such a difficult task because most of the guests had already checked out after having been released from questioning by the police.
“When we're done, Sarah, can we head down to the lighthouse?” Wendy asked as she clipped marigolds with the clipper
