Chapter 21
JOHANNA SLOWLY CREPT up the stairs, trying to be as quiet as possible. A couple of the risers creaked badly, but the noise upstairs didn’t stop. In fact, now that she was closer, it became louder.
A slap followed by a grunt, slap, grunt, slap, grunt.
Li Fai followed close behind. His face showed little emotion. He held his hand in the pocket of his jacket where his dragon box would be.
Johanna carried her box in her handbag and wondered if she should take it out, too.
She stopped on the first step after the landing. They were now out of view of the groundsman and Anton but couldn’t see much more of the upstairs corridor than a section of wall and the large grandfather clock that stood there.
The noise continued. Slap, grunt, slap, grunt, slap, grunt. It was nothing like sh
