CHAPTER SIX Dublin Road was a two-lane stretch of blacktop that wound through the forest. Towering trees to both sides of the road escorted Mackenzie to Amy Lucas’s residence. She felt like she was being transported through time, especially when she came to the house and saw that old Cadillac, sitting up on blocks at the far end of the gravel driveway. She parked behind the only other car in the driveway, a much more current Honda, and got out. As she stepped up onto the porch, she thought of Mr. Atkins telling her about her mother and Amy playing cards in this very space. The knowledge of her mother having at one time occupied the porch sent a small shiver through her. Mackenzie knocked on the door and it was answered right away. The woman who stood on the other side was a ghost of the