9

“So you just walked them down there,” said Toby.

“Yes.”

“All of them?”

She took a breath, then nodded. “He wasn’t going to kill me if we were all together. At least, that was my logic.”

“Okay,” Toby said, starting toward the hallway that led to the arched basement door. “Let’s go downstairs, then.”

Rachel shook her head. “Just listen.”