30 Sera “If you can communicate with the dead, then maybe it’s possible that you can find out what happened to Sam,” said Thane, as we pulled into my driveway. “I don’t know,” I said, feeling slightly tipsy. We’d ordered a second bottle of wine during dinner, and I was still feeling some of the effects. “Maybe if you took a trip out to Seattle and stood inside of his house?” “Maybe,” I answered, looking at the clock. It was ten minutes shy of eight o’clock. “Emma should be coming home any minute. Would you like to come inside for a while? You can say goodnight to her. I think she really likes you.” “Of course she likes me. How could she not?” he joked, shutting off the engine. Shaking my head, I followed him out of the car and to the front door, where he unlocked it for me. “Well,

