Footsteps creaked above me, followed by my name being called. Grandma and Stone finally came home. I hollered from my spot and studied the board as they came down. Stone stood next to me.
“Investigating, are we?” I asked. “Isn’t this called, interfering with police business?”
Grandma hummed a laugh.
“We raised you well,” Stone said.
I crossed my arms over my chest. “Spill the beans.”
He reached for the green marker and handed it to me. “Ladies first.”
I hid my disappointment. At least he didn’t lecture me like he had after my unpleasant encounter with Clara. I held the dry erase marker, debating what to say. When Megan and I went to Clara’s house, I purposely left my cell phone behind so he couldn’t track my whereabouts. I knew my grandfather well enough to know that he’d been watchi
