Chapter Four
Vivianne went downstairs and inquired with one of the servants the whereabouts of the Master of the house. He had returned from the stable, but that was all the girl could tell her. Vivianne made her way to the back of the house where the doctor housed his medical practice. She paused at the doorway. The smell of these back rooms had never pleased her. Taking a deep breath, Vivianne plunged forward all the same. Finding his office door closed and locked, she moved down the hallway trying one door after another until finally she came to the room she loathed the most to set foot in, the embalming room. Unfortunately from the sounds of it, this was the room where her search would end. Her fist was just about to knock when she heard footsteps behind her in the hall.
“Can I help
