Melvina noticed that the sitting room, and the other rooms in the house were in disarray just like Esther had said; just like her friend’s house had been when she had gone to check on her. The perpetrators of the act had been searching for something.

What could be that? She thought, as she ran her eyes over the relics in the sitting room for the umpteenth time, for any sign or clue that might lead them on, or show them who the culprits were.

So far, they hadn’t found ...