Chapter 17
Megan and Lucy spent another hour looking into every dusty nook and corner inside the barn, but found nothing more that could help identify Mary’s murderer. Lucy even climbed up into the hayloft to make sure they didn’t overlook a thing. The only items she found up there were more spider webs and some old musty hay. As she stepped off the last rung of the ladder, Megan reached over and pulled a few stalks of hay from her hair.
“There hasn’t been a soul up in that loft for ages. Yuck, I feel dirty and creepy from all these spider webs. Are we done here, Megan?”
“I guess so. There’s nothing here that the sheriff and his men haven’t found. We may as well head back over to the house and say goodbye to the girls.”
Disappointed, Megan and Lucy headed to the entry of the barn and t
