Chapter 1
Michael still had Halloween decorations up. That was the first thing I noticed. Bats, cats, and jack-o’-lanterns. Not that crazy, I supposed, given that it was just the first week of November.
They were stuck to the walls of his office with push pins and tape. Some looked like the kind of decorations you’d get at the dollar store while others maybe were handmade. Not by Michael, of course. But he did have little nieces and nephews. He didn’t mention getting them to me, but then, over the last month or so, he’d been pretty distant.
I don’t know why I hadn’t noticed the décor the last time I’d been there, but then again, that had been in early October, so maybe he hadn’t had them up yet.
Michael was a lawyer. In fact, I had heard non-stop for weeks that he was working on a big
