It was almost dark when Arik and John parked across the road from the last place on their list.
“It was a mortuary. As you can see it was built to look like a small house. Probably in hopes it would make people feel more comfortable. But when Mr. Carlson opened his more modern one on the other side of town, this place went out of business,” John explained. “The building went on the market but for some reason no one seems to want to buy it. Probably because it’s too far from the center of town to turn into something else that’ll bring in the tourist business.”
“If the life-suckers had a sense of humor they’d have taken it over for their nest,” Arik said with a light laugh.
“Well, we haven’t found the nest anywhere else so far, so who knows.”
Getting out of the car, they approached the o
