Chapter 52: Surprises

Leopold is taking a shower, I go out the bedroom to make breakfast for the both of us. Before I walk down the staircase I notice the door to the empty room is open. I shiver, I hate that empty room, the one that reminds me so much about Grace’s presence in this house. I hasten to close the door but before I do I notice that Baxter is inside scratching the wooden floor, making one of the floorboards loose.

“Hey, stop with that, boy,” I say to him. “Don’t do that, Baxter.”

The dog moves to the side and I crouch down to put the floorboard back in it’s place, then I notice that the dog has a piece of paper in his snout.

“What’s this, boy?” I ask as I take the piece of paper. It’s moist and it has Baxter’s bi