Chapter 46

“Oh.”

“What are you thinking? Did she ever not take notes?”

“No. She did it every day. Always. Even if the phone rang, or someone came over, like Ralph. He was the only one who ever did, really. If he interrupted one of her shows, she would write that, and then pick up where she’d left off.”

“Ralph was with you around nine this morning, right?”

Archie thought a moment. “Right.”

“So, maybe Aunt Faye didn’t have company.”

“Right. But…but I was home, remember? I came back to shower. I slammed the door then, too. I was mad all day, already, at nine in the morning.”

“I’m sorry you were mad, but…but no. By the time you left the police station, it was going on ten. Ryan and Kelly—2rdquo;