Chapter 7
Rob peddled to the house on Elm companioned by trepidation although he knew Sean would be along very soon. The house looked dark. The door was locked but the let himself in with his key. Inside he could see no lights and he could hear nothing but the ticking of the big clock in the study. He started turning on lights as he walked from room to room. He’d reached his room when he heard Sean’s greeting.
“Come in,” he yelled back. “I’m starting to get my stuff together.”
He heard Sean’s steps, echoing down the hallway. “Where’s Daniel?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t been upstairs but he never goes to bed this early. He must have gone out but I can’t imagine where.”
“Maybe we should go up and look. He didn’t strike me as the kind to—well, take pills or something—but maybe we should ch
