Sadie
I was startled by Mr. Grave’s fury. I understood it, but it was frightening to witness nonetheless. Once he threw his phone, I jumped to my feet. He looked like he was on the verge of actually committing violence, and though I was not worried that he would do anything to me or anyone in the house,
I had the strange and sudden fear that he might go out and hunt Ralph down, or even the bodyguard who’d been with us. I felt like I needed to calm him down before he did something stupid.
“Mr. Grave!” I hissed. “Calm down, please. Megan might hear you.”
“Don’t tell me to calm down,” he said, whirling around to face me. “I have every right to be furious. Those worthless asses had one job and one job only, and they failed at it!”
“It was an accident!” I insisted. “We found her, and she’
