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I knocked, but Orchid didn’t immediately invite me inside. I waited a couple of seconds, knocked again and called, “Nana?” in a tenative voice I despised. I was going to have to give up and just call her Orchid, no matter what she wanted. I just couldn’t do it. Nana was just too uncomfortable and rang false.

When there was still no response I tested the knob. I half-expected them to have locked her in now, after her grand escape, but I guess they felt they were all on alert, all in the house, all aware of the exits.

The door opened and I stepped inside.

For a nanosecond I didn’t notice anything off. Then my eye jumped to the mantel. A smear of blood. Then to the hearth. Orchid lay on her side in a heap, blood pooling beneath her left temple.

I stumbled forward and saw that her eyes were open and staring. I sucked in a startled breath.

Those electric blue eyes were sightless now. In disbelief I realized Orchid Candlestone Purcell was dead…