But Uncle James, why did you come that way?”

“Oh, I came down to get a glass of water, but then I had to answer the call of nature, so I went to the bathroom first.”

The bathroom and the storage room on the first floor were the same way, so Lewis didn’t think anything of it and went to the kitchen.

James looked upstairs while pouring himself some water. He asked, “Who were you talking to?”

“Oh, it was… it was Debbie.” Lewis intended to say Deb but changed it, considering it sounded a little too intimate.

James’ face fell when he heard that.

“Oh? What did she come down for?” he asked, pretending to look at Lewis casually. Lewis wasn’t buying it.

old man couldn’t conceal his contempt for

know. When I saw her, she was coming that way.” Lewis pointed to

added, “Since you were in the bathroom, maybe she had been to

bathroom and storage room, all the rooms on the

cool when the storage room was

why she went

his head and wondered, “No, she

what’s wrong?

he was overreacting, James forced a

some things have gone missing in this

should be

for a while, and an idea

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