Chapter 9“Grandmother, I’m headed out now. Grandmother? Where are you?”
Chad was calling out from the top of the staircase at Edenwood, leaning against the iron rail and hearing only the echo of his own voice replying. Not even Pearson came back with an answer, which was strange. He was ever-present, always lurking somewhere. Not now. It was Tuesday night and Chad had not only been invited to dinner at the Montroses but he’d actually accepted. Not that he was crazy about sitting across the table from Elias while Elias’ wife, Mary, prattled on about whatever nonsense occupied her time. But he’d made a renewed effort to find out the truth about Silas and it began with digging deeper into the mystery of the night the man died. Elias was the first step. He needed to follow up on what Elias ha
