Considering his question, I walk to the sofa and sit down. Whoever made contact with Katie Collins had to have had her number. The number was on the note, the note she left at Dad’s house. If Dad had it, it’s long gone by now, I’ve searched that house from top to bottom. But if Danny was the one who found the note, then there’s only one thing for it. I have to search Danny’s house. But how will I do that without them knowing?

‘I have to find that note, Jeff.’

‘And how will you do that?’

‘I’ll just keep looking. It has to be somewhere.’

Exhaling like he’s trying to blow the situation away, Jeff stares at the wall. ‘I guess,’ he says, in a defeated tone, like he’s fed up with me, fed up with all this.

‘Look, Jeff, if you want me to move out I will. I don’t want to drag you any further into this.’

Shaking his head, he walks towards his bedroom door.

‘No, it’s okay, Becca. Or Louise, whatever. I’m just exhausted. I need to get some sleep. Stay, go, do what you want.’

Outside the window, grey clouds rush across the sky creating shadows and shapes. A man in a cloak, a wolf, a devil, a… a Danny.

The room feels empty again, just me and my secrets. I can hear Jeff’s bed creak as he crawls beneath the duvet. On the wall behind my head, a clock tick-tocks, reminding me I’m running out of time. In the middle of the coffee table the cell phone sits, the grenade, the pin still in place. It’s hard to ignore the damage it will do when I pull that pin.

How will I even get into Danny’ house without him knowing? Has Dad a key? I don’t think so, and I doubt I’d be able to find it, or even recognize it if he did. Think, think.

The wake. They’ll all be at my Dad’s tomorrow night for Mom’s wake. With Joanna’s parents living in Florida, Joanna’s grandma is coming to babysit Liam, to enable both Joanna and Danny to attend.

That’s it. That’s when I’ll get in to Danny’s house. During the wake.

Now, how do I get past doddery old Mrs. Cooper?

Chapter Fifty-Nine

It takes a few minutes for Mrs. Cooper to answer the door. At one point I think she isn’t going to, that I’m going to have to come up with a new plan to get into Danny’s, but then the light from the back room streams out into the hallway. She’s on her way.