Chapter 85

“Um…yeah. One item…the shoes.”

Or maybe it was spot on. Archie went right to him. “I think someone has been here, even in this room,” he said.

“How, Archie?” I asked. “What makes you think so?”

“Well, everyone has a side of the bed. See how there’s a lot of stuff all over?”

“Yeah.” I looked again. It was all spread out.

“Well, Aunt Faye sleeps on this side, closer to the door. It was mostly empty. Now it’s not, like someone was looking at things, and then tossing them aside.”

“Hmm. Okay. That’s good enough for me. Someone was in here going through Faye’s belongings. Maybe they took some. The question is, why? Of what value were those particular things?”

“And who? Archie added.

“Yeah.” I agreed. “Definitely who.”