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The box arrived at Winnie’s house a week after she first spoke to Benjamin Rook. The package looked slightly misshapen after its long journey, but when she opened it she could see that the wrappings around the plants were still moist.
Winnie reached for the bean stalk first. And saw a flash of a hand.
The same black knit glove she had seen before, with white on the ends of the fingers. Tearing off bean pods and ripping them in half. Then throwing them onto the floor and mashing them into the wood.
It was interesting, the person taking that many separate steps. Interesting for two reasons. First, the intruder must have felt that he or she had enough time. The person had to know that Benjamin Rook was away in Frankfurt and wouldn’t return for several more days.
Second, Winnie could im
