und was the hum of the refrigerator and t

ieked, lunging forward

flinch. She pre

growl that shook the floorboards. Ophel

to the darknes

UN

stone shattering against steel gears. It

er mouth. Susan looked like she was going t

t taken out the garbage. She hit the stop butto

voice cool and conversational, "I figured it was b

g to her eyes. She ran to the machine, peering into th

to Richard. H

ping closer to him. He instinctively took a s

chard whispered. "G

adl

om this moment on, I, Ophelia Vance, hav

finding her voice. "You'll come crawlin

sunlight hit her, bright and blinding. She took

the stone steps

as pull

per was hanging by a literal thread of duct tape. The side panels were scraped raw, the paint stripp

spilled out onto the p

ugh. "Oh my god! Look at that p

heap?" Susan cackled. "It fits you

ad, a smirk touching

elia. Dust billowed up, making Mia cough

's door gr

's car, though it was dusty at the hem. His white hair was perfectly coiffe

Ophelia. He took off

en, he

p, ninety-degree bow, held fo

voice booming across the driveway. "

ed instantly. It was as if s

hat?" Mia

squinting. "Who

ouched Arthur's arm. "Arthur, pl

ckade on the interstate. I had to... insist on passing. I've already

he glanced at the bullet

Arthur moved t

o reconcile the image of the impeccable butler with t