Nobody's Business
““This can’t be happening,” he groaned. “My father will kill me if he sees this.”
“Let me look at that again,” Nancy said, taking the note from Andrew’s hand and smoothing it out. There was something odd about the blood, she realized. It was too thick and bright to be real.
“This looks like nail polish,” she murmured, chipping at the glossy red streak with her thumbnail. “Where did you find this, Natalia?”
The dark-haired girl nodded toward the stairs. “I was going into one of the rooms upstairs.... It was wedged between the floorboards.”
“Was it hard to see?” Nancy asked.
Natalia shook her head no. “It was sticking straight up in the middle of the floor.”
Nancy exchanged a meaningful look with Ned and Bess. They’d inspected the upstairs rooms thoroughly last night, and none of them had seen any note. Whoever had left it must have returned to the inn after they’d left or come back early this morning. Or maybe the person had never left, Nancy thought, recalling the hidden room downstairs.MoreLess
“Let me look at that again,” Nancy said, taking the note from Andrew’s hand and smoothing it out. There was something odd about the blood, she realized. It was too thick and bright to be real.
“This looks like nail polish,” she murmured, chipping at the glossy red streak with her thumbnail. “Where did you find this, Natalia?”
The dark-haired girl nodded toward the stairs. “I was going into one of the rooms upstairs.... It was wedged between the floorboards.”
“Was it hard to see?” Nancy asked.
Natalia shook her head no. “It was sticking straight up in the middle of the floor.”
Nancy exchanged a meaningful look with Ned and Bess. They’d inspected the upstairs rooms thoroughly last night, and none of them had seen any note. Whoever had left it must have returned to the inn after they’d left or come back early this morning. Or maybe the person had never left, Nancy thought, recalling the hidden room downstairs.MoreLess
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