Linda’s cryptic response left me a bit dumbfounded, and I stood staring after her for a few moments before turning to Mariah with a shrug of my own. “One mystery not really solved, another deepened.”
“If it wasn’t all so completely terrible, these stories would be very exciting. But I’d prefer to go to someone else’s house for the murder mystery party, thank you very much.” She looked a little pale, and I found myself quite sad that the Owen’s purchase of this beautiful house came with so much dark history.
“Want to call it quits for the day? Maybe go see some action movie or something?” I wasn’t exactly inviting my boss out for the afternoon, but something with car chases and stereotypical villains getting justice sounded good about now.
“While that does sound lovely, if you’re up to i
