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“I guess we will,” Lou said finding comfort in my eyes.
After giving me a few minutes to eat, we got started.
“If she left me a clue, wouldn’t it make sense for her to leave it in my bedroom?” Lou suggested gesturing to the endless supply of boxes that filled the other half of the attic.
“That would make sense,” I agreed overwhelmed by the task. “I guess we should get started.”
“It would help to know what we’re looking for,” Lou admitted.
“You knew her. What type of clues would she plan in her books?”
“Jade amulets. Portraits that have been painted on top of the pictures of murderers.”
I slowed hearing that.
“Do you think… Do you think your parents killed your grandmother?” I asked unsure how else to say it.
Lou looked at me defeated.
“I keep asking myself that. Nothing about the way she died made sense. And any time I ask them about it, they say that she’s dead and I should move on.”
“Parents of the year,” I said.
Lou gave a sad chuckle.
“That’s them.”
“So, what do you think doesn’t make sense about her death?”
Lou grabbed a box, put it on the floor in front of the door, and went through it. I did the same.
“I know my parents are heartless. But why didn’t they invite me to the funeral? Even if they don’t care about me, they care about what people think. They should have wanted me there. The only thing they care about is us looking like the perfect family. In perfect families, grandsons don’t miss their grandmother’s funeral.”
“Maybe they were trying to hide something they knew you would catch?”
“Maybe. But, what? And, I know my parents are monsters, but I have a hard time picturing them killing anyone. My father wouldn’t have the balls for it. And my mother wouldn’t dirty her hands with something like that.”
“Maybe they got your brother to do it. He looks like the type who would enjoy plucking the wings off of things.”
“But killing her would put him even further under my parent’s thumb. He would want that as much as I would.”
“Then maybe no one killed her. What other reasons would they have for not telling you that your grandmother died until after the funeral?”
“Maybe that’s when they changed the will,” Lou said sitting up in thought.
“So, they didn’t tell you she died because they needed time to arrange things?”
“Yeah.”
“How long do you think it takes to change a will?”
Lou considered it. “Well, it’s not just changing the will. They would have had to switch law firms. How long would that take?”
“When my grandmother died, she was buried within a few days. What’s the longest people usually wait to hold a funeral?”
“I don’t know. A week?” Lou guessed.
“What if the reason they didn’t tell you about the funeral was because she had been dead longer than a week?”
