Chapter 347

~Grandma Sylvie~

The call came three days later, late in the evening, exactly when I had stopped expecting to hear from him at all that night.

"Mrs. Lancaster," the investigator said. "I have what you asked for."

I sat down slowly in the chair by the window, the phone pressed close to my ear, my other hand gripping the armrest tighter than I meant to.

"Tell me," I said.

"Elias Lancaster has spent