Chapter Nine
Apparently, Evony was satisfied with the job I’d done, because after giving me a critical once-over, she nodded. “You clean up pretty good, Monroe.”
“Why, thanks, Rodriguez.”
She grinned, and we went to put on our coats and get in the car. Whoever had dropped it off at the new house had left the keys in the ignition; clearly, auto theft wasn’t something we’d need to worry about here. Then again, why would it be? Everyone who needed a vehicle had already been provided with one.
I spotted a few cars going the opposite direction as we headed into town, and none around us, so it seemed as though most people preferred to eat at home if possible. Julia had indicated that the woman who’d lived in our house before us had moved in with someone else, meaning that the members of the
