Mel didn’t move. Cecil gripped Mel’s arm tighter.
“Open it,” Cecil repeated, through clenched teeth.
“I can get the spare key,” Alice suggested.
“Yes, please. It doesn’t look like Mel is going to cooperate. He must be hiding something really good.”
Alice went back to the office, retrieved the spare key, and was back at Room 7 within moments. Cecil stepped out of the way and held Mel a good distance from Alice, in case Mel tried to attack her. Alice unlocked the door and pushed it open.
“I’ll go in first,” Father Jackson suggested. “You stay out here to be safe.”
Father Jackson entered the room and disappeared into the darkness.
“There’s somebody in here!” he yelled to everyone in the hallway. Just then Father Jackson’s shoe kicked an object that skidded away and clinked against the
