Devious dealt with, I took a quick look around the rest of the room . There was little to interest me. Our esteemed client must have already escaped through the portal into the craggy wasteland beyond which I was quite certain was Faery. What to do? I couldn't follow the wastrel in there since he clearly had assistance from the boy in the photograph. Similarly, I couldn't actually present his soul to the overdue accounts department of Hell as a fait accompli. I could either get one of the others to go in after him, I could bring some influence to bear (Ada is Fae royalty, after all), I could close and break the portal altogether or I could take the darned thing back to the manor and work on the problem at my leisure.One thing was certain at least. As soon as I removed the connection between Faery and the house, the doll's house would be safe to give to Lucy for her birthday. I could them leave an anonymous tip to the police about this house and the bodies therin.
Meinwen was poking about in the crates of loose bones. I was only alerted to the problem when she gave a sort of strangled shriek and backed right into me.
"Look," she said, pointing.
"Ah," I replied. "I wondered what had happened to the two children."
4 comments:
Oh, those poor children. Of course, it would be Meinwen who found them. Poor her, too!
So, Lucy gets a dollhouse, but what will Jasfoup do now?
I wish he'd tell me. I'm treading water, here, needing to know what comes next.
Well Jasfoup - I'm sure something else bad is going to happen and there's going to be another twist. This cannot be the end of the tale.
Isn't there always a twist??
indeed! preferable of lemon in a gin and tonic
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