Chapter 0053

“His cottage in Maywood was very cozy,” I said. “But yes, I can see what you mean. It was very private.”

“Maywood?” Mavis raised her eyebrows. “Posh neighborhood, that. Bet he liked it better than his place here.”

“Mr. Kim lived on the grounds?” Travis asked.

“Yup. Not so popular to do these days, so his place’s still as he left it.” She looked at us. “Do you want to see?”

Obviously, we did, but we let her and Travis drink their tea first. Zane and I declined. Tea was a sorry excuse for coffee, in my opinion, and I think Zane didn’t want to delay things.

It bothered me terribly, all of a sudden, that I didn’t know whether Zane liked tea.

We took a ride in Mavis’s electric cart, and soon we were looking at a slightly larger version of the tool shed we’d left behind. The front boasted an overgrown garden, and there was some sort of notice on the door, which I later saw was an announcement the water would be turned off.

There were no books inside, but it was still obvious that the same ma