Troy didn’t blink. “What did she do with the body? Pick it up and throw it out the window? Drag it somewhere? Dig a hole and bury it?”
Neither Sara or Kate spoke, but they looked at him hard.
“Oh,” Troy said. “My bio dad. Think he would have helped Mom?”
Again, the women were silent.
Troy grimaced. “That’s a look of,You don’t know everything. Give me more facts. Where did you find the body? What was left of it, that is? Is there anything that would make you think that Roy did it?”
Acting like he hadn’t spoken, Kate turned to her aunt. “I thought you were going to interview Rachel.”
Sara jolted upright. “I forgot. I had food ready and everything.”
“If it was from Bessie’s, it’s still in the fridge. Anyway, I saw Lenny and Rachel under a tree. They were drinking beer.”
“A sinful lot, for sure,” Troy murmured, annoyed that they hadn’t answered him.
Kate looked at him. “You might be too much like Jack. This isn’t a joke. It’s serious.”
“You mean I’m like my brother? The love of your life? When he was nearly hit by bricks, I thought you were going to die on the spot.”
“Were you snooping?” Kate sounded outraged.
“Yes,” he said cheerfully. “I was hiding from Mom, and doing a great job as she still hasn’t found me.”
Sara ignored their banter. “Lenny was with Rachel?”
“They parted just as I got there, so I don’t know if they talked or not,” Kate said. “But I think they did because she didn’t look happy. I couldn’t tell what Lenny was feeling because of...”
“His Quasimodo face,” Troy said. “He likes me, so I’ll ask him what went on with her.”
“I think you should keep out of this,” Kate said. “Let us handle it.”
He gave a fake smile. “So it’s true that big sisters boss you around all the time?”
Before Kate could reply, Sara stood up. “I don’t know what Lenny was doing, but I need to talk to Rachel—not that I want to.” She looked at Troy. “You stay here. Those old tapes are bound to get tangled, so you can fix them. Kate, find out what Randal was told. We need to put information together.”
Kate stood up. “I don’t want to say this, but Greer...”
“I know,” Sara said. “She was a big, angry girl.”
Troy was still seated. “Another woman?Howdid they dispose of the body?”
Sara put up her hand. “Whoever did it left the body on the nursery floor. Billy found it and put it in a closet.”
“Then he had to move to the far side of the house because of the, you know.” Kate looked at Sara. “We’ll stop at Bessie’s and get scones. It’s late but you and Rachel can have tea.”
Sara gave a one-sided smile. “In the nursery. Maybe it’ll spark memories.”
“Where the body was,” Troy said. “So you guys opened a closet and there was a skeleton?”
“Yes,” Kate said.
“Was it tied up?” His eyes were wide.
“Hooked by his suspenders,” Sara said. “They broke away and the skeleton rolled across the floor. Let’s go,” she said to Kate.
“Wow,” Troy said. “My dad would have loved this.”
