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“How is everybody doing?” Tucker asked. Susannah and<br />
Ethan had moved to a different bedroom, and both of them looked<br />
pretty bored when we walked in. “Can we switch up places? We’re<br />
not getting anything,” Susannah requested.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> upstairs was pretty dead,” Ethan said.<br />
“We’re getting a few things down here,” Adrian spoke up.<br />
“But we’d like to go back upstairs again before we leave if that’s<br />
okay.”<br />
“That’s fine. It’s 11:30, and we told them we might be here<br />
as late as 1,” Tucker agreed.<br />
Once the groups dispersed again, we stopped in to check on<br />
the Masons, who were both fast asleep on the couch. All that fear<br />
must have really worn them out. My body was definitely starting to<br />
feel it, too. Even though on a normal Friday night I’d still be out<br />
with Michelle at this time, I was getting pretty damn tired.<br />
When we got back into the hallway, Tucker asked me again,<br />
“Where do you want to go?”<br />
This time, I was comfortable enough that I could think<br />
clearly. “Umm ... what about the kids’ playroom? We haven’t really<br />
stopped in there much.”<br />
He raised his arm in the direction of that room. “Lead the<br />
way.”<br />
I wasn’t sure why I wanted to head to the playroom. Really,<br />
there were just more toys there to get thrown at me if I asked the<br />
wrong question. But I remembered it distinctly from the<br />
walkthrough earlier, and it was the first room that popped into my<br />
head.<br />
<strong>The</strong> family either was very impeccable when it came to<br />
cleaning, or they’d gone out of their way to make sure the house<br />
looked spiffy for the investigation. Either way, I was glad, because<br />
there were literally endless amounts of toys in the bins that lined the<br />
room. <strong>The</strong>y were little accidental booby traps waiting to happen.<br />
This particular room was different from the others because<br />
there was an enormous bay window framing the front yard. Even<br />
though there was no streetlamp directly in front of the Masons’<br />
house, there were several dotting the development and they let in<br />
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