I can’t say I obeyed all the speed limits driving out to Car’s estate. I was too frantic to get there. Thoughts were racing through my mind. Why did I pick now to question this? Why hadn’t I questioned it before? What if they wouldn’t let me in? What if she wouldn’t talk to me? Then I couldn’t breathe: what if there was someone else there?
I pulled right up to the gate and pressed the code number into the keypad. The gate slid back.
At least she hadn’t changed the code.
I sped up the driveway and sprinted up the steps to press the doorbell. I shifted nervously from foot to foot until Susan answered the door.
“Ms. Chris!” she exclaimed, when she saw me standing there. “I’m so glad you’re here.”
“Is she in?” I asked.
Susan pulled me inside and closed the door.
“Oh, Ms. Chris, you won’
