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“What’s going on?” Charlotte asked.

Janet was shivering so hard she could barely talk. Crowded close behind her, Cheré’s face was drained of color, and her dark eyes were wide with horror.

“D-dead,” Janet stuttered, her voice cracking. “I-I turned on th-the light and there’s a dead man in-in the closet.”

A dead man…dead… Charlotte’s stomach turned queasy. “Which room?”

“The master bedroom,” Janet whispered. “He’s in the walk-in closet.”

Charlotte knew what she had to do. Whether she wanted to or not—and she definitely did not want to—she was going to have to check it out for herself.

The walk-in closet was open. A wave of apprehension swept through Charlotte as she edged nearer to the opening. Any minute she expected to see a hand or foot or some evidence of a body. But there was nothing yet.

Charlotte took the last two steps that would bring her to the closet door. Swallowing hard, she leaned forward and peeked around the door.

“Oh, dear Lord,” she whispered, as she reached out and grabbed the door frame to steady herself. The man was in the back corner of the closet, half-slumped sideways against the wall…