Chapter 14
I hadn't been paying attention to where we were going and didn't recognize the neighborhood we were in. The houses were modest but well-maintained, so I guessed the people here were comfortably middle class. The house we were parked in front of had a hedge that framed the walk up to the front porch then took right angles to form a border between the yard and the sidewalk. It looked a bit shaggy and overgrown, but given the unseasonably warm weather, this wasn't so unusual. Whoever did the gardening would be in leaf raking mode now, counting down the days until snow would need to be shoveled.
"Wait," Sophie said as Otto started up the walk. "I think the three of us should speak to her alone."
"You don't want an introduction first?" Otto asked, looking at Sophie but still takin
