Her concern for Marcus had grown especially since she discovered he had been poisoned.

Unable to contain her worry, Millie finally called Marcus, only to receive no response.

Why wouldn’t he answer? In a hurried attempt to reach him, she dialed Derek’s number.

At that moment, Derek was also in the old house. He glanced at his phone, then at Marcus, who was still kneeling on the ground. A thought struck him, and he stepped away to answer the call.

“Mrs. Thomas,” he said.

Millie’s voice trembled with urgency.

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Why hasn’t he

Claudia,

she had refused

Derek’s eyes, they had done nothing wrong, and Marcus’ punishment was

the old house,” he

old house? Is there anything wrong with grandma?” Millie’s

“She is fine.”

are you doing in the old house? Why didn’t Marcus answer the phone?”

found himself disobeying Marcus’ wishes, revealing the

can’t answer the phone now because he… is

was tinged with resentment, his conviction that Marcus‘ punishment was

Millie. Perhaps if Millie were to plead on Marcus’

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