PERCY TURNED AWAY FROM the casket display as Brita entered. She met his gaze and jerked her head, indicating that she wanted him to join her in the hallway. Percy was happy to comply. Considering casket choices for a member of his family, even if it wasn’t real, was unnerving and depressing. With one, last look at his pale-faced, teary-eyed mother, he caught Edric’s eye and pointed toward Brita.
Edric nodded. Fabiana turned hopefully but Percy shook his head, indicating she should stay there with the family. They didn’t want to create any suspicions in the funeral director, just in case. With a slight grimace, Fabiana turned her attention back to the small, slightly effeminate man who was happily showing them the finest, aka most expensive, caskets they had.
Heathcliffe was in the hallwa
