15
My cell was ringing from somewhere deep in my purse. I dug it out. Kuan. "Julia, I’m sorry to bother you."
"That’s quite all right. What’s going on?"
"The police are here, at the house. It seems your grandmother’s friend next door has disappeared. She’s missing and they’re making the rounds of the neighborhood."
"Mrs. Santangelo? Oh, no. Did she wander off somewhere?"
Kuan was silent for a long moment. "I’m calling from Gloria’s phone." His voice lowered to a whisper, "I think you should come by. Gloria’s been very quiet."
"You think she knows something?"
"I never said that," Kuan hung up.
Maggie looked at me questioningly. "Who was that?"
"That was Kuan. My grandmother’s neighbor has disappeared. Gloria’s been very upset because her friend next door is going into assisted livi
