Chapter 16
The only people who had a reason to be here overnight were me, Luke, and the Smythewhites. I knew Luke wasn’t responsible since he’d interrupted my tussle with the kidnapper, which left Mr. and Mrs. Smythewhite as the only possible culprits.
Of the two, Mrs. Smythewhite was tall enough but was as slender as my sister. If she’d tossed Clarence over her shoulder, she would have fallen down the stairs...assuming she even made it that far.
Mr. Smythewhite, on the other hand, had the muscles of a forty-something who spent several hours per week lifting weights at the gym. He could easily have tossed Clarence over one shoulder then trotted down the stairs.
“But why?” I started, only to be interrupted by the sound of sirens. Soft at first, they grew louder and shriller by the secon
