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.

contempt

When I saw her, she was coming that way.” Lewis pointed to the bathroom after he closed the refrigerator door.

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

and storage room, all the rooms on the first floor were

when

say why she

shook his head and wondered, “No,

what’s wrong? You

was overreacting, James

know some things have gone

should

thought about it for a while, and

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