Chapter 14
It was still eerily quiet on the upper floors. She wondered how the sound seemed to just disappear above the third floor. She pushed open the door and turned on the light. There was a part of her that was scared Miss Essie's body would be gone, that she would be missing and they would no longer have a case.
It seemed that everything, even Becky's dress long discarded for the worlds more uncomfortable pair of jeans, was left exactly where they had left it. That was a relief, she thought. She knew that everyone was getting worried, and she couldn't have the fact that Miss Essie was dead circulating the party. She swallowed hard, and then shut her eyes for a moment. She was trying to fight out waves of exhaustion. There were only a few more hours. She could stay upright for a few
