Chapter 18
“Who's in charge here?” Dean asked the woman locking the front door. Nicole ran up to meet them as the woman fumbled with the keys.
“What did you say?”
Nicole whispered to Dean that her hearing isn't good. “Dean, she worked here when I did in high school years ago, and I thought she was old then! I need to convince her to let us inside. We need to find Jordan’s girlfriend, Sarah, before there’s another murder.”
“Can you talk to her?” he asked.
Nicole, who remembered how she best communicated with Edna, presented herself directly in front of her face and spoke very slowly so that she could read her lips.
“Hi Edna, remember me from when I used to work in the children's department years ago? Back when Mrs. Roberts used to run the department.” Nicole’s eyes pleaded with Edna’s
