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I stopped and looked back at Tripp. “How do you know the house burnt down?”
“We found some charred wood, and the rocks on the foundation indicate a fire as well.”
Nodding, I said, “If you come across anything else, call me.”
“Sounds good. I’ll let you know when we open the site back up.”
After one look at Matt, I exhaled. “Let’s find a towel or something before you get into my car soaking wet.”
Two hours later, I sat in my office and poured over old records in an attempt to figure out who that house might have belonged to. I knew Charlotte had lived there, but was this the house Hollie and her mother had been talking about? The one that had burned down with Charlotte and her father still inside of it?
A knock on my door caused me to look up. I saw Matt standing there with a strange expression on his face.
“What’s wrong?” I said.
“I need to talk to you.”
Standing as well, I motioned for him to come in. He shut the door and made his way over to me. He had changed since we’d visited the dig site and was now wearing slacks and a polo shirt.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
He drew in a deep breath and then laughed on the exhale. “You’re going to think I’m crazy.”
It was my turn to laugh. “Try me.”
He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck as he looked down at the floor and then back up at me. “I think Sarah put a hex on me or something.”
My brows shut up in surprise. “Why do you think that?”
“Ever since we walked out of that restaurant earlier and that gust of wind hit us, shit has been happening to me.”
“Describe shit.”
“Okay, well, that lady whose shirt just happened to pop open... I actually went out on a date with her a few weeks ago. I liked her, but not enough for a second date. I saw her in the restaurant and for a fleeting moment as we were leaving, I found myself wondering what her breasts looked like.”
“Why were you wondering that?”
“I saw her getting up to leave and…well, fuck, Lucas, I’m a guy!”
I held up my hands. “Fair enough.”
“You don’t find it strange that I wanted to see her breasts and then a minute later they’re in my face?”
“Not really.”
He sighed. “The apple pie?”
“Okay, I will admit that was a crazy coincidence.”
“The water bucket?”
I laughed. “That was simply bad luck.”
He rolled his eyes and started to pace in front of me. “I went home and changed and then came back here. I decided to walk to the office, and for some stupid reason Sarah popped into my head and I stupidly wished I could see her. Not five seconds later, she came out of a store and we ran into each other. And she gasped when she looked at me. Then she said something off-the-wall weird.”
“What did she say?” I asked.
“She lifted her hand and pulled something out of my hair. Then she mentioned something about a dandelion.”
